Hardware Engineer

Job Title

Hardware Engineer

Role Summary

Design and develop FPGA-based and microcontroller-based electronic safe-and-arm devices (fuzes) for DOD weapon systems. Focus areas include architecture, Verilog FPGA design, SystemVerilog UVM verification, and C# firmware for embedded controllers.

Work includes ASIC/FPGA designs with sensor interfaces, A/D and D/A, communication protocols, state machines, and timing chains.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Typical experience pathways described: Bachelor's + 6+ years, Master's + 4+ years, or 10+ years of related experience in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

Primary duties include design, verification, and debugging of FPGA/hardware and embedded firmware.

• Analyze requirements and define architecture for FPGA, hardware, and microcontroller products.
• Develop Verilog HDL targeting antifuse and enhanced flash FPGAs.
• Implement SystemVerilog UVM-based verification environments and run simulation-based verification.
• Develop and maintain C and C# firmware for microcontrollers and embedded systems.
• Debug and profile functional and performance issues in lab and target environments.
• Use lab instrumentation (logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG/ICE, protocol analyzers) to validate designs.
• Contribute to process improvements: design verification, code reviews, unit testing, prototyping, and product testing.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and tools.

• Proven experience with Verilog for logic design and HDL-based digital design flows.
• Embedded C programming experience: algorithm development, data structures, and optimized code for constrained targets.
• Experience with hardware debug and test equipment (logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, JTAG/ICE, protocol analyzers).
• Familiarity with hardware, software, and firmware development methodologies and verification practices.
• Experience with source control systems such as Subversion (SVN), Git, or TFS.
• Hands-on experience developing and debugging FPGA-based products in lab or production test environments.

Nice-to-have:

• SystemVerilog verification experience with AVM, VMM, OVM, or UVM.
• Familiarity with Microsemi/Actel FPGAs and QuestaSim simulation tool.
• C# development experience targeting enhanced flash microcontrollers.
• Experience with safety-critical or defense-system hardware (fuzes) is a plus.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 6 years of related experience; or a graduate degree with a minimum of 4 years of related experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a minimum of 10 years of related experience.

About the Company

Company: Distro

Defense-focused engineering company developing electronic safe-and-arm devices (fuzes) and associated ASIC/FPGA hardware, microcontroller firmware, and verification systems for DoD weapon systems.