Acquisition Nexgen

Digital Design Engineer

Location: Manassas, VA (On-Site)

Clearance Required: Active Department of Defense Secret Security Clearance

Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship Required

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field, plus a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience; or
• Master's degree plus a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.

Job Description

Duties and Tasks

• 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.
• Performs verification and validation on target hardware.
• Provides leadership on inter-disciplinary design efforts.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Solid proficiency and able to perform all responsibilities associated with the position.
• Knowledge and experience with all phases of circuit card design.
• 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 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.
• Ability to perform application programming on embedded processor is a plus.
• Identifies opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation.

Workplace Options

This position is fully on-site.

While on-site, you will be a part of the Manassas, VA facility.

Clearance Requirements

Department of Defense Secret security clearance is required at time of hire. Applicants selected will be subject to a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Due to the nature of work performed within our facilities, U.S. citizenship is required.