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Work Wise Talent

Senior Digital Design Engineer

Work Wise Talent, Santa Barbara

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Overview

Senior Digital Design Engineer specializing in Critical Environments. We are a space technology company creating an entirely new market vertical. As a Senior Digital Design Engineer, you will be at the forefront of creating cutting-edge HDL-based digital designs for next-generation space radar systems. In this role, you will work closely with software and electrical engineering teams to innovate, manufacture, and rigorously test microwave subsystems.

Responsibilities

  • Develop FPGA-based digital designs for radar, electronic warfare, and communications.
  • Collaborate with electrical and systems engineers to integrate Xilinx SoC based hardware with high-speed data converters and associated microwave transmitter and receiver chains.
  • Continuously work with the payload engineering team to address mechanical, thermal and power subsystems and interfaces.
  • Rapidly develop prototypes and iteratively improve hardware and firmware.
  • Prepare engineering documentation, reports, and test plans.
  • Perform other professional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of proven, relevant experience in digital design with FPGA and SoC devices.
  • Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or equivalent.
  • Expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog.
  • Knowledge of foundational electrical engineering, computer architecture and digital design concepts.
  • Development experience with Xilinx devices and design suite, such as Vivado, SDK and Vitis.
  • Experience developing MCU and SoC software in Rust or C/C++.
  • Familiarity with standard physical layers for digital communication (UART, SPI, LVDS).

Nice To Have

  • Advanced degree
  • Experience with high-speed data transfer and bandwidth management.
  • Knowledge of digital communication systems and modulations (QPSK, 8-PSK).
  • Experience with parallelizing DSP algorithms
  • Experience with flight software, robotics, autonomous or fault critical systems
  • Proficient in programming embedded ARM Cores supporting SoC architectures, working with Linux, RTOS or bare-metal environments.
  • Knowledge of Python and SystemVerilog.
  • TS/SCI security clearance

Job Details

  • Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
  • Employment type: Full-time

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