Electrical / computer engineering - application

Hardware Design Engineer in Annapolis Junction, MD. Security Clearance Required: TS/SCI w/ Polygraph Salary Range: $165,000-$220,000, depending on experience. The Hardware Design Engineer designs and tests new integrated circuits and hardware components for a wide variety of signal processing applications and research. They design, document, and develop code (including firmware) for digital signal processors or other programmable Harare devices such as Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware. They will analyze the function of existing integrated circuits and hardware components for the purpose of reverse engineering the hardware and firmware. They will conduct the necessary hardware engineering and related function to modify and adapt vendor-manufactured hardware to meet special Government needs and contingencies. Position will focus on PCB design and layout; some reverse engineering, to include the analysis of integrated circuits, at both the macro cell/digital level, and the transistor/analog level. There is a push for FPGA and integrated circuit security analysis and recommendations/guidelines. That includes experience with ASIC design tools such as Cadence or Synopsis or FPGA design tools such as Altera Quartus or Xilinx Vivado. There are many types of circuits or products that use ASICs and FPGAs, so anything that involves the design of those devices would be desirable, especially if it involves security design or security analysis. Experience doing physical partitioning or analysis of the FPGA fabric would be desirable. Experience with ASIC design is desirable, but there will not be any new ASIC designs. Some experience working with guidance evaluating FPGA or ASIC technologies to make recommendations to the customer A minimum of seven (7) years’ experience in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design or reverse engineering of the same. A bachelor’s degree in a related field. Legato, LLC is a dynamic small business headquartered in Columbia, near Ft. Our positions include Cyber, Software, Systems, Networking, Data Science and other complex engineering capabilities. We set ourselves apart by having employees in the top of their field and who enjoy working at Legato for its attention to its employees, aggressive compensation, and upward mobility possibilities. We offer a generous benefits package including individual and family health, vision and dental benefits. Legato gives our employees 11 federal holidays off and a 401(k) employer match with no vesting schedule. There is an opportunity to earn referral benefits or bank hours if the contract allows. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.