Senior FPGA Engineer

Graf Research Corporation is hiring Senior FPGA Engineers to join our team implementing FPGA-based logic designs to support both internal and external products.  The Graf Research FPGA development team works closely with customers and other Graf Research teams to implement state-of-the-art designs covering signal processing, high-performance computing, device test, System on Chip (SoC), and novel custom solutions to meet a variety of needs in the commercial and defense markets.

Come join a fast-paced hardware development team performing cutting-edge design, analysis, and experimentation with Field Programmable Gate Array devices.  We are seeking motivated, top-performing engineers to join our team of FPGA engineers and subject matter experts.  In this role, a successful candidate will use advanced technical and problem-solving skills to develop strategic plans, architect solutions, resolve complex issues, satisfy customer requirements and needs, and accomplish development objectives.

This is an on-site full time position at any one of our Blacksburg, VA, Atlanta, GA or Dayton, OH offices - we are not currently seeking remote or temporary assistance.  Applicants for this role must be U.S. Citizens.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

  • Architect, implement, and validate dependable FPGA designs

  • Design, build, and maintain clean and reliable HDL, software, and scripting code

  • Employ best practices and help to maintain them through technical reviews and mentoring

  • Drive designs through implementation toolchains to achieve fit and timing closure

  • Identify complex bugs and performance bottlenecks and develop solutions to address them

  • Participate in planning, architecture, and research

  • Take concepts from initial requirements through design, implementation, test, deployment, and maintenance

  • May be responsible for technical leadership of a small technical team in the future but primary duties are of an individual technical nature

Minimum Education Requirements and Experience

  • BS in Computer Engineering, or related field plus 5 years of industry experience

  • Demonstrated expertise developing hardware designs in HDL (Verilog or VHDL)

  • Experience developing software or scripts in Python, TCL, and shell commands

  • Experience with source code configuration management tools (e.g., Perforce, SVN, Git)

  • Proven track record of crafting robust, readable, and efficient code

Preferred Qualifications and Skills

  • Excellent technical knowledge of FPGA architecture and development across multiple vendors including AMD-Xilinx, Altera, Microchip, and Lattice

  • Experience developing signal processing solutions in FPGAs including modeling in Matlab and code generation via Simulink

  • Experience using testbenches/simulators/test pattern generation, assertion-based verification, model checking, or formal Boolean logic equivalence checking

  • Experience using laboratory equipment for hardware solution test and validation

  • Experience developing for FPGAs in Linux environments

  • Experience delivering high-quality products in a large-scale commercial hardware development environment

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

  • Ability to work collaboratively in a geographically distributed team

Location - Blacksburg, VA, Atlanta, GA, or Beavercreek, OH

Travel Requirements - No specific travel requirement, but candidates capable of traveling to perform technical presentation and customer interaction tasks will be given special consideration.

Security Clearance - No specific clearance requirement, but candidates currently holding a DoD security clearance or those capable of and willing to pursue a clearance will be given special consideration.

Graf Research Corporation does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, veteran, or any other basis protected by law.

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