Principal Electrical Engineer

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Business Unit: EOIS
Location: Melbourne, Fl
Career Functional Area: Engineering
Relocation Available: Yes
Type: Exempt Full-time
Schedule: 9/80
Shift: First

Job Summary

The individual will be a senior member of the FPGA development team of DRS' Electro Optics and Imaging Systems (EOIS) division, and will interface with other team members representing a wide range of disciplines; including circuit card design, integrated circuit design, test engineering, and systems engineering. In this role, the senior FPGA design engineer will support the design, development, and test of Infrared Sensors and Systems.  

Job Responsibilities

• The key responsibilities are the following: participate in requirements analysis, electronics architecture definition, RTL coding, test bench design, verification, synthesis, place and route, timing closure, Design Verification Testing, and the generation of FPGA design documentation.
• Responsible for driving technology and completion of activity on time and budget
• Design, develop, analyze, document and support testing of products, systems or subsystems  
• Ability to complete a technical project independently 
• Mentor and coach other engineers
• Review customer specifications and requirements, and develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable  
• Provide budget, cost and schedule input for design assignments
• Document component and subsystem specifications and material requirements
• Analyze designs as necessary
• Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems and services
• Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
• Develop prototypes to retire key development risks
• Communicate clearly (written and oral) with manufacturing, supply chain, program management and the customer as required
• Participate heavily in preparation of the more complex and significant proposals
• Provide technical expertise and assistance to other engineers and support personnel
• Interact with technical management, other professionals, technicians and support personnel to coordinate, recommend and confer regarding technical activities and progress
• Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
• Attend appropriate engineering, customer or business meetings

Qualifications

• Education: BSEE or BSCpE
• Experience: 10+ years of experience as an FPGA Design Engineer
• Fluent in VHDL and Verilog
• Strong experience using Xilinx and/or Microsemi FPGAs
• Strong experience with design and simulation tools (Xilinx Vivado, Microsemi Libero, Mentor QuestaSim)
• Proven capability of executing complex designs in a timely manner
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• The ability to work well in a team environment
• Familiar with PC applications like Windows, Excel, Word and PowerPoint

DESIRED SKILLS

• Experience with image processing and algorithm development, preferred but not required
• Familiar with low-power design techniques
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, Visual Basic, and C/C++, preferred but not required
• Experience with embedded processors, microcontrollers, or DSPs
• Working experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and DMMs

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• FPGA firmware design including RTL development in VHDL and Verilog
• FPGA simulation, hardware integration/test support, and documentation
• On-going support of products to ensure successful transition to full scale production