Electrical Engineer (FPGA/VHDL)

Rocketdyne in Cincinnati Ohio is currently seeking a talented FPGA engineer with experience developing VHDL. You will get the opportunity to participate in FPGA developments including requirements, system design, detailed design, and hardware integration on cutting-edge systems. The diverse product portfolio at Rocketdyne Space Electronics business unit provides opportunities to work on launch vehicle avionics and orbital vehicle communications.

Essential Functions

• Product Development
• Design, implementation, verification, and integration of VHDL components.
• Effective communication skills with internal customers.
• Participate in VHDL peer reviews.
• Analysis of component synthesis, timing, and clock domain crossings.
• Technical presentations including internal design reviews.
  

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET or ECE) and minimum 8 years prior related experience; OR Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET, or ECE) and minimum 4 years prior related experience; OR Graduate/Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering (EE, EET, or ECE) and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• Proficient knowledge of FPGAs and VHDL design including a minimum of 4 years of direct experience in:
• ModelSim/Questa or equivalent logic simulation tools
• MATLAB/Simulink
• Standard streaming and memory mapped interfaces (Avalon, AMBA, etc.)
• FPGA vendor tools (Microchip, Intel/Altera, AMD/Xilinx)
  

Preferred Additional Skills

• Proficiency in digital hardware design, interfaces, and architectures:
• NAND, NOR, and DDR memory interfaces
• GigE, 10GigE, GigE Vision
• High Speed Serializers and Deserializers (SERDES)
• LVDS, RS-422, I2C, SPI
• Understanding of project/task management and technical estimating
• Facilitate in continuous improvement activities
• Working knowledge of manufacturing, assembly, and test processes
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance
• Experience in design for test, quality, reliability, manufacturability, and EMC is a plus.
• Experience in Agile Scrum development methods is a plus.
  

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