Sr Principal ASIC FPGA Engineer

Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 10 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.

 

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Department of Defense TS/SCI security clearance is preferred at time of hire. Candidates must be able to obtain a TS/SCI clearance within a reasonable amount of time from date of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.

Responsibilities for this Position

ROLE AND POSITION OBJECTIVES: 

As an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) / Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) engineer for GD-MS Space & Intelligence Systems, you’ll be a member of a cross functional team responsible for designing devices used in cutting-edge space payloads. 

 

“You can’t send a repairman up into space!”

Our job to make sure that our clients never need to!  As a FPGA/ASIC engineer, you’ll work on getting cutting-edge technology ready to function in space.  The systems you’ll design will be vital to our nation’s fundamental defense.  You’ll be working on state-of-the-art technology and tackling some of the most challenging technical obstacles- some of which have never been addressed before.  The space industry is continually breaking new barriers with respect to tech, speed and cost. Your job is to imagine, architect, develop and test GDMS ASIC/FPGAs to ensure the integration of software, hardware, reliability, maintainability, and safety so our solutions do what we say they will and won’t fail in space.

Here's why people find this work exciting:

Make a Difference: Our work makes a difference to the defense and protection of our country. Which is why you will need to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance.

You’ll work with Geniuses every day!  In this role you’ll get to work with some of the most intelligent and insightful tech leaders on the planet – and guess what – they want to share what they know.  They are accessible and want to collaborate.  Sometimes Geniuses can be ... unapproachable!  Our geniuses are anything but.  They want to collaborate and share what they know, which makes working here a mind-expanding experience.

Never the Same Thing Twice: The scope of this role is broad and varied.  To succeed, you’ll have to speak multiple disciplines of engineering to be able to architect solutions which consider all aspects of the design and constraints.

Solve The Most Challenging and Difficult Tech Problems. If you want to stretch your tech capability to the max - you’ve come to the right place.  There is no more unforgiving tech environment than space, and the tech challenges are enormous and exciting.

Work Life Balance – It’s still a thing: Yes, we’re directly competing against SpaceX and Blue Origin, so tech design also means meeting ever changing cost and speed constraints.  First to market is critical to securing future contracts which means you’ll have to be agile, flexible, innovate constantly and rapidly.  However, unlike other players in this space we still respect your weekends – work life balance is still a thing here.

 

Yes, we got a competitive salary, generous health and personal benefits, flexible work environment and your contributions are recognized and rewarded.  But we also have Algorithmic prowess.  We can dream up anything, but now it must be affordable which requires us to select and deploy the absolute best chip tech and software to make it work.

If this sounds interesting to you, we should talk. . .

 

Duties and Tasks:

• Responsible for definition, design, verification and documentation for ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) and/or FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) developments
• Determines architecture, system simulation and detailed design approach
• Defines module interfaces and all aspects of device design and simulation
• Evaluates the process flow including but not limited to high level design, synthesis, place and route, timing and power utilization
• Creates test and simulation plans that establish functional criteria
• Verifies test results and analyzes performance
• May also review vendor capabilities, foundry technologies, device libraries and simulation tools
• Contributes to the generation and maintenance of work products (i.e. plans, specifications, design documentation, etc.) used for internal consu