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Sr FPGA Electrical Engineer

2025-159750

CAtegory:

Engineering

Clearance:

Secret

Location:

Woodbridge
,
New Jersey

Telecommute:

No remote/telework allowed
About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Program Overview
About The Role

This position will support the design, development, testing and operational phases of projects

undertaken at Peraton Labs, the research and development arm of Peraton corporation. This position requires the successful candidate to work closely with a diverse team of engineering, scientific and technical staff to develop novel solutions in support of complex projects.

 

The successful candidate will possess the ability to work semi-independently in a small multi-disciplinary team utilizing their experience to analyze, design and implement FPGA based solutions. Developing or supporting the development of software interfaces for embedded devices and modules to power, generate, and receive signals for prototypes and field-deployable systems is a critical component of this job. The ability to read, comprehend and generate professional quality design documentation as well as code is a required capability for this position.

 

Duties and Responsibilities Include:

  • Lead the development and testing of FPGA based solutions, related software and electronics for experimental and production systems
  • Architect embedded solutions that meet system requirements
  • Guide the development and engage in the work to test firmware & software as well as document and fix bugs
  • Support the development and review of documentation packages including Use Cases, Data Flow Diagrams, State Machine Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Test Plans
  • Develop embedded computing and digital signal processing designs and applications
  • Provide expertise in analyzing FPGA designs and refactoring as needed
Qualifications

Required Education and Work Experience:

 

The successful candidate has diversified knowledge of principles and practices in engineering.

A degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering is required with the following experience levels:

  • BS with 8 or more years of experience
  • MS with 6 or more years of experience
  • PhD with 3 or more years of experience

(Experience must be with relevant work in a professional setting)

 

Required Skills/Attributes:

  • Experience using system requirements to develop test harnesses for FPGA designs that can simulate models’ requirements before implementation commences
  • Extensive experience with FPGA development using tools like AMD’s Vivado and VHDL
  • Experienced in generating and reading State Machine, Logic, Flow, and Interconnection Diagrams
  • Experience with software version control tools such as GIT or SVN
  • Ability to communicate designs through presentations and be comfortable providing material for review
  • Some experience with C, C++ and related debugging tools like GDB
  • Experience working with analog and digital data acquisition and signal conditioning techniques
  • Proficient in writing technical documentation in MS word and PowerPoint
  • Ability to be onsite five days a week when required
  • Ability to obtain Secret clearance
  • U.S. Citizenship

Desired Skills/Attributes:

  • Experience with electrical or computer engineering design and development
  • Experience with Python, and MATLAB + Simulink for automating data collection and analysis
  • Experience with in-depth analysis of electrical systems and input/output signals for reverse engineering purposes
SCA / Union / Intern Rate or Range

Details

Target Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

Employee Benefits

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.