FPGA Engineer, Senior
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 10, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 10, 2026.
Overview
FPGA Engineer, Senior
On-site | Lexington Park, MD
Secret clearance required
Summary
Lead major microelectronics programs in the areas of design, verification, fabrication, packaging, technology node access, integrity, trust, and assurance with Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design solutions. Provide technical and programmatic advice and lead services for a range of advanced systems, sensor, and computer processing technologies and programs. Lead, advise, and assist the government with technical assessments, strategic planning, and engineering evaluations. Lead the design, development, test, fielding, and sustainment of advanced microelectronics systems and associated trust and assurance programs. Demonstrate technical expertise in the analysis and design of integrated circuit for critical technologies for the DoD.
Requirements
7+ years of experience with FPGA development and FPGA research across multiple device families and platforms
Experience working with Hardware Description Language (HDL) development and embedded design
Experience with implementing HDL for systems-on-chip or FPGAs in systems with or without microcontrollers
Experience with hardware and design security concepts, including verification methodologies and test benches and with embedded software
Knowledge of alternatives to HDL in FPGA development, such as HDL Coder or Xilinx System Generator
Ability to develop hardware design specifications based on requirements or concept sketches and perform technical planning, circuit level design, implementation, verification, formal Acceptance, and Production tests
Ability to perform functional analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation and interface definition to address customer requirements
Ability to lead and actively participate in hardware design, including architecture plan, and direct generation of functional block diagrams, state diagrams, and schematics
Secret clearance
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
Preferred Requirements
Experience with performing verification for Defense microelectronics systems
Experience with the microelectronics design and verification landscape, including varying types of IP Blocks
Experience with Universal Verification Methodology
Experience with continuous integration development practices
Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering preferred; Doctorate degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering a plus
Education/Certification Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
Clearance Requirements
- Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active Secret clearance required
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