Digital Design Engineer (FPGA)

Job Description Our client, a leading federal defense contractor is seeking a Digital Design Engineer to become an integral member of the engineering team dedicated to the development of military-grade electronics for the Common Weapon Launcher (CWL) system.- CWL provides horizontal, vertical, and countermeasure payload launching capability on multiple submarine classes. This position will be 100% onsite at our client's facility in Manassas, VA. Responsibilities: - Design of digital electronics including Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) development and circuit design - Responsible for definition, design, verification and documentation - 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 - Verification and validation on target hardware - Leadership on inter-disciplinary design efforts Required Skills - Must be US Citizen due to government requirement - Must be willing to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance - Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. - Knowledge and experience with all phases of circuit card design - Ability to understand and explain designs using non-technical terms - Ability to "reverse engineer" existing designs and understand/update functionality for new requirements - Ability to work with Systems and Software Engineering to ensure system-level functionality - Understanding of System-On-Chip (SoC) design with embedded processor on FPGA - Grasps and applies new information quickly - Solid ability to handle more complex assignments - Shows initiative on assignments, exercises independent judgment and professionally executes projects with little direction - Ability to perform application programming on embedded processor is a plus - Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation