Senior Engineer - FPGA Design

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, analysis, evaluation, simulation, verification, integration/test of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs).
• Lead the planning and execution of DO-254 objectives for custom logic lifecycle projects.
• Lead the design, analysis, or evaluation of both electrical sub-systems and power conversion systems using sound engineering principles and adhering to business standards, practices, procedures, and product / program requirements.
• Develop and test algorithms for signal processing and control of power systems and power electronics components including high frequency switching components.
• Work closely with embedded software and controls teams to develop architectures, interfaces, and designs for custom logic devices.
• Perform the analysis and decomposition of systems, software, and hardware requirements to custom logic device level requirements, architecture, and detailed design.
• Support the development of embedded software and firmware.
• Design, test, and troubleshoot analog and digital electronics circuits.
• Analog circuits designs include analog filters, transistor and op-amp circuits, interface circuits, signal conditioning, AD and DA converters, Power supplies.
• Digital circuits designs include micro controllers, FPGA, communication interface circuits, logic families and digital memory.
• Create EMI compliant designs and follow EMC best practices as they apply to analog and digital designs.
• Provide guidance to less experienced team members.
• Effectively and timely communicate with project team and leadership to enable quick issue resolution.
• Facilitate reuse strategies and Product Line Engineering (PLE) practices.
• Assure proper documentation of technical data generated for the assigned projects and or tasks consistent with engineering policies and procedures.
• Work in a lab environment and follow all site policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master’s Engineering, Computer Science, or related degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 15 years of experience of relevant electrical design experience).
• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in electrical hardware design, digital design, and FPGA development.
• This role requires use of technical data subject to U.S. Government contract restrictions and this posting is only for U.S. Citizens.  GE will require proof of status.

Desired Characteristics

• Demonstrated experience with Xilinx and Intel FPGAs with VHDL firmware language
• Demonstrated DO-254 lifecycle experience with custom logic devices.
• Demonstrated experience with FPGA simulation tools.
• Experience with embedded software development and programming in C.
• Experience with high reliability electronic systems design
• Magnetic components knowledge
• Lab hands-on experience
• Experience with Mathworks suite of tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow, HDL Coder, System Composer, and Requirements Toolbox
• Experience with ARP-4754, RTCA DO-178, DO-331, and DO-254
• PTC Windchill experience
• IBM DOORS experience
• Experience with Power Systems architecture and design, including power generation, power conversion, and power distribution on aircraft and aerospace platforms.
• Effective communication skills and strong interpersonal skills.
• High degree of accountability to program deliverables, including quality, reliability, performance, and cost.
• Clear thinker and ability to work with limited information and ambiguous problem definitions.
• Proven ability to manage risk and uncertainty for self and team within a dynamic priority-setting environment.
• Strong technical acumen paired with the ability to understand a wide range of technology domains.
• Ability to drive innovation across organizations and influence indirect teams.

Some of our competitive benefits package includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance that begins on the first day of employment
• Permissive time off policy for newly hired employees
• Generous 401(k) plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Life insurance and disability coverage
• And more!

This role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information. If applicable, final offers will be contingent on ability to obtain authorization for access to U.S. export-controlled information from the U.S. Government.

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