FPGA Design Lead, Electronic Combat Solutions

Job Title

FPGA Design Lead, Electronic Combat Solutions

Role Summary

Lead a team of FPGA designers within the Electronic Combat Solutions Hardware Engineering Group to deliver FPGA-based systems from requirements and architecture through RTL implementation, verification, lab testing, and product support. The role requires technical leadership, hands-on RTL ownership, and mentoring of engineers.

Experience Level

Senior-level — typically 10+ years of relevant experience (senior/lead engineering role).

Responsibilities

Deliver technical leadership and hands-on design work across the FPGA development lifecycle:

• Lead and develop a team of FPGA designers; provide technical oversight and mentoring.
• Translate high-level requirements into micro-architecture and detailed design.
• Own RTL coding, synthesis flow, and creation of basic test benches.
• Perform digital simulation, timing analysis, and clock-domain crossing design.
• Conduct lab bring-up, debug, and problem resolution for hardware and FPGA designs.
• Support product integration, sustainment, and legacy design maintenance.

Requirements

Must-have skills, security/clearance expectations, and technical tools:

• Eligible to obtain U.S. security clearance (Top Secret preferred); U.S. person / U.S. citizenship required.
• Extensive FPGA or ASIC design and development experience; experience leading design teams.
• Proficient in VHDL (preferred) or Verilog HDL; RTL coding and synthesis experience.
• Experience with Xilinx Vivado/ISE or Intel/Altera Quartus toolflows.
• Digital simulation using ModelSim/Questa and timing-driven design skills.
• Strong lab debug, problem solving, written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, SerDes, ADC/DAC, DDR3/4) and clock domain crossing.
• Familiarity with revision control systems (Git, CVS, ClearCase, Subversion) and scripting (Tcl/Tk, UNIX/Linux shell).

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with DSP fundamentals and FPGA implementation, UVM/SystemVerilog, Matlab/Simulink.
• Proficiency in C/C++, Perl, or Python for verification and tooling.
• Active security clearance is a plus.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree required (field not specified); advanced degree may reduce the required years of experience. The posting specifies 10+ years with a bachelor's (fewer years acceptable with an advanced degree).

About the Company

Company: BAE Systems

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom

Global defense, aerospace and security company delivering products and services for air, land and naval forces, advanced electronics, cyber and intelligence solutions, and space and mission systems for government and commercial customers.