Senior FPGA / Digital Design Engineer

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Job Title:

Senior FPGA / Digital Design Engineer

Reporting To:

Engineer, Sr. Staff

Work Schedule:

Onsite – Torrance, CA

Moog is looking for a Senior FPGA / Digital Design Engineer to develop high speed digital circuit designs and FPGAs for flight control and weapons bay actuators for next generation aircraft.  You will solve challenging problems and develop solutions that find application across military aerospace industries.  Reporting to an Engineering Manager, you will have a 9/80 schedule option with a hybrid work schedule (3 days/week in the office) in Torrance, CA.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of new electronic product requirements through consulting with our customers and system engineers
• Perform trade studies and analyses to validate conceptual designs
• Contribute to FPGA architectural decisions
• Develop firmware for FPGAs that interface to sensors, electro-hydraulic actuators, electromechanical components, and communication links for actuation systems or avionics equipment
• Design mixed-signal circuit boards incorporating microprocessors/DSPs, FPGAs, data busses, and sensor interfaces.
• Conduct prototype testing, integration testing, and design verification and validation testing
• Document design, analysis, and verification results with accurate and concise reports
• Provide formal technical presentations to internal and external customers to support program review and business development
• Specify and support design of lab test setups

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
• 7+ years of professional work experience in design and development engineering
• Expertise writing firmware in VHDL
• Experience validating FPGA requirements and verifying FPGA designs through functional simulation and hardware test
• Experience designing test benches and simulations using digital simulation tools (example Questa, Active-HDL) for verification of FPGA designs
• Experience with high-speed digital logic design, microprocessors, memory, analog-to-digital, digital-to-analog converters, SERDES, and communication links (SPI, I2C, PCIe, MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, or similar).
• Strong problem solving, debugging and communication skills

This position requires access to United States export-controlled information and the ability to obtain US security clearance.

It’d be great if you also had:

• Aerospace or Defense industry experience
• Experience developing designs in accordance with DO-254
• Experience with Libero toolchain
• Experience implementing digital signal processing on FPGA
• Familiarity with modern microprocessors and digital signal processors.
• Expertise with HyperLynx to analyze signal integrity
• Analysis expertise including power dissipation, power use, timing, component derating, and Acceptance Test / Built-In Test coverage
• Hardware debug experience using logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and oscilloscopes
• Experience with Allegro Capture and Allegro PCB

How we care for you:

• Financial Rewards: great compensation package, annual profit sharing, matching 401k and the ability to participate in Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts 
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible paid time off, holidays and parental leave program, relocation assistance 
• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages 
• Professional Skills Development: Tuition Assistance, mentorship and coaching opportunities, leadership development and other personal growth programs 
• Collaborative and Welcoming Workplace: Inclusive culture rooted in our values, enhanced by Employee Resource Groups, and team-building activities.
• Additional site-specific benefits may be offered.  Torrance, CA site has a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.

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Salary Range Transparency:

Torrance, CA $150,000.00–$200,000.00 Annually

Salary Range Disclaimer

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Moog salary range for this position in the given work location. Actual