Assertive Professionals
Overview
Assertive Professionals
is searching for a
Hardware Design Engineer
to support our
National Security Customer
near
Hanover, MD . This is a funded and immediate position. Includes a
$5,000 sign-on bonus ,
$2,000 in reimbursable relocation expenses , and a
$1,200 annual compliance bonus .
We offer an excellent benefits package, including PTO, 401k match at 5%, Profit Sharing, Company paid Life Insurance, Dental, Vision, STD/LTD, and two options under a national medical plan with employee contribution.
Position Description Designs and tests new integrated circuits and hardware components for a wide variety of signal processing applications and research. Designs, documents, and develops code (to include firmware) for digital signal processors or other programmable hardware devices such as Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware. Analyzes the function of existing integrated circuits and hardware components for the purpose of reverse engineering the hardware and firmware. Conducts the necessary hardware engineering and related functions to modify and adapt vendor-manufactured hardware to meet special Government needs and contingencies.
Responsibilities
Assist with designing new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
Conduct design analysis on components and/or assemblies to assist in the development process by ensuring designs are cost efficient, able to be manufactured, and reliable
Communicate with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion
Apply ASIC or FPGA place and route (P&R) tools with various libraries to create physical implementations of designs
Develop and maintain documentation for the P&R design flows
Assist with de-processing electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures
Design new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
Integrate new P&R tools, P&R tool updates, and ASIC or FPGA design libraries into Government's computer aided design environment, documents the use of those tools and libraries, and assist other physical designers to successfully complete their specific P&R design tasks
Work with tool and library vendors to develop solutions for designers' P&R design challenges
Perform the de-processing of electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures
Lead the design of new products and processes and improve and maintain existing products
Provide technical leadership to less experienced engineers
Direct and check the work of other hardware design engineers
Act as internal consultant providing technical guidance on most complex projects
Develop novel procedures for reverse engineering of new component types
Qualifications
TS/SCI with ability to pass a Polygraph
Twelve (12) years experience as a hardware design engineer in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design or reverse engineering of the same
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university
Five (5) years of additional hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree
Programming in VHDL (10 years)
Programming on Xilinx FPGAs - any combination of VIRTEX-II Pro, VIRTEX-4, VIRTEX-5, or VIRTEX-6 (8 years)
Programming on Linux platforms (5 years)
Experience with Xilinx ISE, Synplify Pro, and Modeltech's Modelsim (5 years)
Writing pin-level VHDL and clocking constraint files (8 years@ 50%)
Programming in one or more of the following scripting languages: PERL, sh, bash, csh, or python (1 year)
Using Linux or Unix for day-to-day activities (5 years)
Desired Experience And Qualifications
None
Job details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
Industries: Defense & Space
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is searching for a
Hardware Design Engineer
to support our
National Security Customer
near
Hanover, MD . This is a funded and immediate position. Includes a
$5,000 sign-on bonus ,
$2,000 in reimbursable relocation expenses , and a
$1,200 annual compliance bonus .
We offer an excellent benefits package, including PTO, 401k match at 5%, Profit Sharing, Company paid Life Insurance, Dental, Vision, STD/LTD, and two options under a national medical plan with employee contribution.
Position Description Designs and tests new integrated circuits and hardware components for a wide variety of signal processing applications and research. Designs, documents, and develops code (to include firmware) for digital signal processors or other programmable hardware devices such as Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware. Analyzes the function of existing integrated circuits and hardware components for the purpose of reverse engineering the hardware and firmware. Conducts the necessary hardware engineering and related functions to modify and adapt vendor-manufactured hardware to meet special Government needs and contingencies.
Responsibilities
Assist with designing new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
Conduct design analysis on components and/or assemblies to assist in the development process by ensuring designs are cost efficient, able to be manufactured, and reliable
Communicate with the other engineering personnel to coordinate the interrelated design and assure project completion
Apply ASIC or FPGA place and route (P&R) tools with various libraries to create physical implementations of designs
Develop and maintain documentation for the P&R design flows
Assist with de-processing electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures
Design new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products
Integrate new P&R tools, P&R tool updates, and ASIC or FPGA design libraries into Government's computer aided design environment, documents the use of those tools and libraries, and assist other physical designers to successfully complete their specific P&R design tasks
Work with tool and library vendors to develop solutions for designers' P&R design challenges
Perform the de-processing of electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse engineering procedures
Lead the design of new products and processes and improve and maintain existing products
Provide technical leadership to less experienced engineers
Direct and check the work of other hardware design engineers
Act as internal consultant providing technical guidance on most complex projects
Develop novel procedures for reverse engineering of new component types
Qualifications
TS/SCI with ability to pass a Polygraph
Twelve (12) years experience as a hardware design engineer in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design or reverse engineering of the same
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university
Five (5) years of additional hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree
Programming in VHDL (10 years)
Programming on Xilinx FPGAs - any combination of VIRTEX-II Pro, VIRTEX-4, VIRTEX-5, or VIRTEX-6 (8 years)
Programming on Linux platforms (5 years)
Experience with Xilinx ISE, Synplify Pro, and Modeltech's Modelsim (5 years)
Writing pin-level VHDL and clocking constraint files (8 years@ 50%)
Programming in one or more of the following scripting languages: PERL, sh, bash, csh, or python (1 year)
Using Linux or Unix for day-to-day activities (5 years)
Desired Experience And Qualifications
None
Job details
Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
Employment type: Full-time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
Industries: Defense & Space
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