Lead Engineer

Job Description:

• Under direct supervision, performs engineering work and applied research, development, and design of new products.
• Work includes design, fabrication, modification, and evaluation of electronic apparatus, components, or circuitry for use in electronic equipment and devices.
• Analyzes equipment to establish operating data and conduct experimental tests.
• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and no prior experience.
• The Experienced Engineer performs or directs others in sophisticated analysis, design and testing of complex systems. 
• Responsible for developing and supporting FPGA/CPLD designs through all phases of design and system integration for high-reliability embedded aerospace and ground based vehicle systems applications.

Responsibilities:

• Perform activities such as requirements generation, design, RTL-synthesis, test bench development and design simulation, static timing and power analysis, and requirements based design verification.
• Prototype evaluation, design-to-cost tradeoffs, design reviews, qualification test support, system integration support, production and obsolescence support tasks.
• Maintain the desire to stay current in the continuously developing field and to expand knowledge base and skills in FPGA design and digital hardware engineering.
• Considered an expert in specific engineering discipline
• Provides leadership to promote system engineering education and training across the engineering department
• Decisions have major impact on cost, schedule and technical performance
• Acts as a mentor to engineering leadership
• Leads, writes, reviews, and delivers proposals and presentations

Required Skills and Education:

• 5+ years circuit design experience, with the demonstrated ability to design HDL-based FPGAs and CPLDs for aerospace applications.
• Comprehensive knowledge of digital electronic devices and circuit design principles and experience using design/analysis tools, such as Timing Designer and Hyperlynx.
• Synopsys - Design Complier (DC), IC Compiler II (ICC2), PrimeTime (PT), PrimePower (PT-PX)
• Hands-on hardware build, test, and integration experience.
  • Familiarity with RTCA/DO-254 hardware development objectives
• Experience with Matlab and Simulink for auto-generation of FPGA code
• Motivated self-starter with the ability to effectively work in a team environment.
• Excellent problem solving skills, judgment, and analytical capability, along with follow-up and monitoring skills.
• Strong written and oral presentation skills.
• Familiarity with FPGA integration into digital circuit card designs to ensure electrical integrity of FPGA design in embedded applications.
• 10 years’ work experience
• Minimum Training/Education: BSEE

Preferred Skills and Education:

• Experience with any of the following is a plus:
• Design experience with Microprocessor/Microcontroller interfaces such as I2C, SPI, CAN bus ARINC-825, memory interfaces such as SDRAM controllers, Flash, SRAM; serial interfaces (MIL-STD-1553, ARINC-429, RS422, RS485, AFDX ARINC-664) and FPGA design using Microsemi, Xilinx, Lattice, Altera, etc.
• Familiarity with RTCA/DO-254 hardware development objectives
• Experience with Matlab and Simulink for auto-generation of FPGA code
• Design tools such as Synplify, ModelSim, Questasim
• Experience with high-speed Digital circuit card design, including part placement and routing, constraint generation, and signal integrity analysis.
• Emphasis on design-to-cost methodology
• Experience with VHDL, System Verilog designs and OVM/UVM test benches
• Experience with state machines, code coverage
• C++ or other Object Oriented Programming languages
• Perl, Python, Tcl or other industry standard scripting languages
• Synposys VCS
• Synopsys Verdi waveform viewer and debug system
• Cadence JasperGold Formal Verification Platform
• Mentor Graphics Calibre
• Cadence Conformal LEC
• Apache RedHawk
• Synopsys PrimeTime-SI (PT-SI)
• Experience with Requirements Management tools (i.e. DOORS), Configuration Management, and Problem Reporting tools.
• Knowledgeable of commercial certification objectives and activities.
• Experience with development of formal validation and verification procedures.
• Demonstrated leadership ability to lead small working groups.
• Experience with flight critical fly-by-wire Flight Controls, Actuators, Air Data Systems, Pilot Inceptors, Inertial Sensors and/or Autopilot systems.

Job Families for Job Profiles:

• Electronic/Digital Engineering.