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Amentum

Government engineering and technical services provider

FPGA Hardware Design Engineer

Silicon & ASIC DesignConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHanover, MD, USA$260k - $340kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • At least 12 years of experience as a hardware design engineer in integrated circuit or microelectronic component design or reverse engineering of those components is required.
  • At least 10 years of programming experience in VHDL is required.
  • At least 8 years of programming experience with Xilinx FPGAs, including any combination of Virtex-II Pro, Virtex-4, Virtex-5, or Virtex 6, is required.
  • At least 5 years of programming experience on Linux platforms is required.
  • At least 5 years of experience with Xilinx ISE, Synplify Pro, and Modeltech Modelsim is required.
  • At least 8 years of experience, with 50% time allocation, writing pin-level VHDL and clocking constraint files is required.
  • At least 1 year of programming experience in one or more of Perl, sh, bash, or Python is required.
  • At least 5 years of experience using Linux or Unix for day-to-day activities is required.
  • A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required. Five additional years of experience are required if the candidate does not have a bachelor's degree in a technical field.
  • A TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and test FPGA-based point solutions using hardware description languages such as VHDL and advanced design tools.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define requirements and develop architectures.
  • Implement complex digital logic; optimize designs for performance, power, and area; and verify designs using simulation tools.
  • Debug and troubleshoot design issues, and document design specifications, test plans, and test results.
  • Work with software, hardware, and systems teams to integrate FPGA-based solutions and deliver them on time.
  • Place and route designs, optimize performance and resource utilization, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet specifications.
  • Maintain detailed documentation, debug hardware issues, and provide ongoing support for field systems.
  • Assist with designing new products and processes and improving and maintaining existing products.
  • Conduct design analysis on components or assemblies to ensure designs are cost-efficient, manufacturable, and reliable.
  • Communicate with other engineering personnel to coordinate interrelated designs and ensure project completion.
  • Apply ASIC or FPGA place-and-route tools with various libraries to create physical implementations of designs.
  • Develop and maintain documentation for place-and-route design flows.
  • Assist with de-processing electronic components and retrieving stored firmware or software using approved reverse-engineering procedures.
  • Integrate new place-and-route tools, tool updates, and ASIC or FPGA design libraries into the Government's computer-aided design environment; document their use; and assist physical designers with their place-and-route tasks.
  • Work with tool and library vendors to develop solutions to designers' place-and-route challenges.
  • Perform de-processing of electronic components and retrieve stored firmware or software using approved reverse-engineering procedures, and develop improved procedures.
  • Lead designs 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 an internal consultant, providing technical guidance on complex projects.
  • Oversee de-processing of electronic components and retrieval of stored firmware or software using approved reverse-engineering procedures.
  • Develop novel reverse-engineering procedures for new component types.
  • Follow required safety training and self-aid/buddy-aid responsibilities, participate in emergency-response tasks, and serve on safety committees and teams as appropriate.
  • Perform job activities in compliance with applicable quality-system documents and customer contracts.
  • Read, understand, and implement operational, safety, quality, and environmental requirements of applicable plans, procedures, and policies.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience writing Interface Control Documents is preferred.
  • Experience with Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, is preferred.
  • At least three years of experience using one or more revision-control applications such as Git, Subversion (SVN), CVS, or ClearCase is preferred.
  • At least one year of experience generating and documenting system-level component design specifications in a UML-based tool such as Confluence or Gliffy is preferred.
  • At least two years of experience with test-driven development is preferred.

About the Company

Amentum

Government engineering and technical services provider

Amentum provides technical and engineering services to government agencies to support high-stakes missions such as space launch, nuclear cleanup, and military operations. Its offerings combine workforce, engineering, and mission-support capabilities across the full lifecycle—from planning and design to operations and sustainment—delivered as contracted services. The company differentiates itself through scale and breadth: formed from a spin-off and expanded by acquiring DynCorp and PAE, and later merging with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence units, making it one of the largest government services contractors with about 53,000 employees and a public listing (AMTM). Its main goal is to help the U.S. and its allies achieve mission success for critical national programs by providing comprehensive, reliable government-focused technical services.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Chantilly, VA
Founded
2020

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