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Lockheed Martin
ASIC & FPGA 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.
$118,621 / year median in New York
+7% projected growth
Job Description
## Standard Job Description Develops, designs, verifies, and documents Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) development. Determines architecture design, logic design, and system simulation. Assignments include the analysis of all aspects from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, and timing and power utilization. Typically uses specialized equipment to establish operation data, conduct experimental tests, and evaluate results. What We're Doing At Lockheed Martin, we are passionate about innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and forward-thinking, everything is within our capacity - and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training, education, and background! The Work As an FPGA Engineer you will;
- Perform complex FPGA firmware architecture and/or custom digital board designs.
- Design digital signal processing, messaging, control, and high-speed communications.
- Interface and collaborate with program leadership and teammates on a regular basis.
- Estimate, break down and plan work for their firmware team.
- Take a high DSP algorithm for a radar system and break it into small pieces and coach junior engineers.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering or equivalent engineering/technical bachelors degree and 7+ years of relevant work experience
- Prior technical leadership experience
- FPGA architecture and design, with applied knowledge of AMD(Xilinx) and/or Altera FPGA devices and their associated application environments. Digital board design of complex mixed signal boards to support FPGAs.
- Possess technical expertise to implement designs without appreciable direction.
- Successful candidate may develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity applied to FPGA design and/or board design.
- Working knowledge of digital signal processing functions
- Candidate must be able to obtain & maintain a Secret security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship ## Desired Skills
- Strong working knowledge of digital signal processing functions, specific to radar and electronic warfare capabilities, including digital receivers and exciters.
- Extensive VHDL firmware programming capability, and having applied that knowledge on an FPGA device (Xilinx, Intel, Microsemi). Having utilized Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, or Microsemi Libero development platforms to successfully build and test an executable hardware implementation of code which they have written.
- Use of the Mentor Questa HDL simulator, including UVM verification techniques.
- Experience with MATLAB modeling is a plus.
- Higher level code development, including Nvidia CUDA, OpenCL, Simulink HDL Coder, and Xilinx System Generator are also a plus.
- The candidate should possess excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
- Successful candidate should possess the ability to efficiently perform on multiple tasks simultaneously and guide the successful completion of major programs and may function in a project leadership role.
- Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives, using current technology such as FPGAs, Microprocessors, DSPs, and/or Interface Controllers.
Pay Information Full-Time Salary Range:
$98100.00 - $182100.00 At Lockheed Martin, we know mission success starts with taking care of our people. Our Total Rewards program is designed to attract top talent, support your well-being, and help you grow—both professionally and personally. The salary range for this position is as listed on the requisition. Please note that the salary information listed is a general guideline only. Lockheed Martin considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/ training, key skills as well as market(work location) and business considerations when extending an offer.Benefits offered:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays.