FPGA Design Engineer, Senior

Job Title

FPGA Design Engineer, Senior

Role Summary

The Senior FPGA Design Engineer will design, develop, integrate, verify, and troubleshoot FPGA-based digital systems for advanced radar and missile seeker applications on a program engineering team located in Huntsville, AL.

Work spans firmware development, simulation and verification, hardware bring-up, system integration, and mentorship of junior engineers.

Experience Level

Senior — minimum of 10 years of relevant FPGA and digital systems experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include design, verification, integration, and lifecycle support of FPGA-based systems.

• Design, develop, integrate, and test FPGA-based digital systems for radar and defense applications.
• Develop and maintain FPGA firmware using Verilog, VHDL, and other HDLs.
• Create and execute simulation and verification testbenches; perform synthesis and timing analysis.
• Debug and optimize FPGA designs to meet performance, resource, and reliability targets.
• Integrate firmware with hardware components, embedded processors, and software; support lab bring-up and system verification.
• Implement and troubleshoot communication interfaces and protocols (RS-232, RS-422, UART, SPI, I2C).
• Develop and implement DSP functions including filters, FFTs, modulation/demodulation, and error-correction algorithms.
• Support design reviews, documentation, test planning, customer presentations, and mentor junior engineers.
• Evaluate emerging FPGA technologies, tools, and methodologies to improve capabilities and efficiency.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, clearance, and experience.

• Minimum of 10 years of FPGA design and digital systems development experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with Verilog and VHDL and HDL-based design flows.
• Experience with FPGA simulation, verification, synthesis, timing analysis, debugging, and hardware integration.
• Proficiency with FPGA toolchains such as Xilinx Vivado, Intel/Altera Quartus, Synplify, ModelSim, Verdi, or equivalents.
• Strong understanding of digital logic design, digital electronics, and FPGA architectures.
• Thorough knowledge and implementation experience of DSP concepts and algorithms.
• Experience implementing and troubleshooting serial communication protocols (RS-232, RS-422, UART, SPI, I2C).
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills; ability to translate requirements into engineering solutions.
• U.S. Citizenship and an active Secret security clearance required, with ability to maintain the clearance level.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical discipline.

About the Company

Company: Simulation Technologies

Headquarters: Huntsville, AL, United States

Provider of signature models, simulations, hardware, software, cyber solutions, and test & evaluation services for defense and aerospace. Founded in 1983, SimTech delivers high-technology, defense-oriented engineering and modeling solutions with a focus on reliability and cost-effectiveness.