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Digital Design Engineer
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What they do
A Hardware Design Engineer designs and develops computer hardware and computer-related equipment. Designs and validates hardware. May supervise production of hardware components or provide technical assistance with hardware installation.
$131,981 / year median in Massachusetts
+15% projected growth
Job Description
Digital Design Engineer
Acro Service Corp
Lexington, Massachusetts
CONTRACTOR
$70-$80/hr
Updated 09/02/2026
Job Description
Job Summary
Desired Skills:
- Experience developing and testing with Xilinx-based RFSoC devices
- Experience using Modelsim/Questa/CocoTB toolchain for RTL simulation
- Familiarity with continuous integration (CI) pipelines for joint FPGA and embedded software development
- Familiarity with Ethernet, Infiniband, and/or PCIe protocols, testing, tools, and debugging
- Familiarity with RDMA and RoCE protocols
- Experience programming in Python
Work Location:
Candidate should expect to be onsite 5 days/week due to the nature of the work. Candidates expected to be local at the start of the assignment.
Clearance:
Interim clearance is sufficient for the start of this assignment; however
ACTIVE SECRET
is HIGHLY preferred.
Requirements
Required Skills:
- Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related scientific/engineering field
- Strong knowledge of hardware description languages including VHDL, Verilog, and/or System Verilog
- Experience designing and testing programmable logic designs targeting System on Chip (SoC) FPGA architectures that required integration of the programmable logic with on-chip software processing
- Experience with unit-level and FPGA chip level verification of RTL
- Experience with laboratory benchtop testing of FPGA designs including the use of integrated logic analyzers (e.g. ChipScope) and/or laboratory equipment such as stand-alone logic analyzers or digital oscilloscopes
- Experience designing, testing, and debugging high-speed I/O interfaces and protocols utilizing an FPGA's built-in SERDES
- Experiencing developing, designing, and programmable logic for signal processing applications
- Strong verbal and written communications skills including collaborating with other on-site and/or remote technical team members, preparing and sharing technical results with others, and documenting work to aid other team members and activities
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