*** Only candidates with current TS/SCI clearance will be considered ***
** We are unable to sponsor a clearance at this time ***
** A POLYGRAPH is required for this position **
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JOB DESCRIPTION:
- Design and test new integrated circuits and hardware components for a wide variety of signal processing applications and research
- Design, document, and develop code (to include firmware) for digital signal processors or other programmable hardware devices such as Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware
- Analyze the function of existing integrated circuits and hardware components for the purpose of reverse engineering the hardware and firmware
- Conduct the necessary hardware engineering and related functions to modify and adapt vendor-manufactured hardware to meet special needs and contingencies
REQUIRED SKILLS:
- Assist with designing new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
- Communicate with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion
- Conduct design analysis on components and/or assemblies to assist in the development process by ensuring designs are cost efficient, able to be manufactured, and reliable
- Apply ASIC or FPGA place and route (P&R) tools with various libraries to create physical implementations of designs
- Develop and maintain documentation for the P&R design flows
- Assist with de-processing electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures
- Design new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
- Work with tool and library vendors to develop solutions for designers’ P&R design challenges
- Perform the de-processing of electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures
- Integrate new P&R tools, P&R tool updates, and ASIC or FPGA design libraries into Government’s computer aided design environment, documents the use of those tools and libraries, and Assist other physical designers to successfully complete their specific P&R design tasks
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university is required
- Five (5) years of additional hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree
- Three (3) years experience as a HDE in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design or reverse engineering of the same is required
** You must have TS/SCI Clearance for this position **
BENEFITS:
- Competitive salary
- Company Medical/Dental/Vision plans – Company paid
- Short-term Disability, Long-term disability and Life Insurance – Company paid
- Business/ First Class travel upgrade for 7 hour or longer flights & company card will be provided for expenses
- Vacation / Personal days granted at 25 days per year
- Paid Federal Holidays – 11 days
- $5,000 Annual Professional Development Fund plus 40 paid hours if in class
- 401K with 6% company match; all contributions are immediately vested by Employee
- Employee will be paid a bonus of $10,000 per employee hired based on their referral
- Up to 3 paid Code Red days due to customer closure
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.