Associate Digital Design Engineer Job Listing at Leonardo DRS in Frederick, MD (Job ID 1429498800)

Description

Job ID: 115444 

The Leonardo DRS Airborne and Intelligence Systems business is a global leader and strategic partner committed to delivering world-class, full life-cycle defense and intelligence products that protect the security of our nation and our allies.  From air combat training to state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems, our technology is deployed by virtually all U.S. military and government agencies around the world.

Location:  

Frederick, MD, US, 21703

The Leonardo DRS Airborne and Intelligence Systems business is a global leader and strategic partner committed to delivering world-class, full life-cycle defense and intelligence products that protect the security of our nation and our allies.  From air combat training to state-of-the-art electronic warfare systems, our technology is deployed by virtually all U.S. military and government agencies around the world.

We're looking for a Digital Hardware/Firmware/FPGA Engineer to join our Signal Solutions team in Frederick, MD.  In this role, you'll design, develop, analyze, verify, and validate digital electronic products and subsystems covering a wide range of applications including signal and radar processing, network communications, and electronic warfare.

This is a hybrid role with some remote flexibility, and we work a 4/10 schedule with every Friday off!

Job Responsibilities

• FPGA/PLD digital logic design, System Simulation, Synthesis, Resource and Power Utilization analysis, Place and Route, Timing analysis, Verification, and Integration activities
• Design, build, and test of cutting-edge devices containing both digital and optical hardware
• Troubleshoot and diagnose malfunctions in existing products or systems and makes modifications as needed
• Compile and evaluate design and test data
• Analyze, develop and recommend design approaches
• Provide regular reporting of progress and status
• Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
• Develop prototypes to retire key development risks as directed
• Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
• May be responsible for some aspects of requirement decomposition/definition/clarification, system design, system verification, associated documentation for digital electronics development, design revision control, and archival of design files
• May participate in the generation of test and verification plans establishing functional criteria to ensure requirements are correctly implemented
• May participate in the execution of verification plans and assist in development unit and system testing

• Novice technical expertise and application domain knowledge 
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or Related technical field
• Firmware development Tools/Skills proficiencies:
  • VHDL, with some familiarity with Verilog and SystemVerilog
  • Various scripting languages and approaches such as Tcl, Bash, Perl, etc.
  • Mentor Graphics Questa or ModelSim simulation/verification tools, with some familiarity with constrained random verification approaches
  • Subversion, CVS, GIT, or similar
  • Xilinx Vivado, Intel Questa, Microsemi Libero SoC, etc.
• Digital Hardware design Tools/Skills proficiencies:
  • • Schematic capture and providing input to PWB/PCB design through layout, fabrication and assembly
    • Some knowledge of high-speed serial and parallel interfaces such as 40GBASE-KR4, PCIe, DDR4, USB, SERDES, etc.
    • Some knowledge of lab practices and test using high speed measurement instruments such as VNAs, oscilloscopes, BERTs and TDR/TDT

*This position has the option of being either fully onsite in our Frederick facility or partly remote (onsite Tues-Thurs).  

Taking care of our people is a top priority at Leonardo DRS. We are proud to offer competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a company contribution to a health savings account, telemedicine, life and disability insurance, legal insurance, and a 401(k) savings plan. We champion wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being. We develop our talent by offering programs and activities to support career-growth, professional development, and skill enhancement. And we understand there is more to life than work, and the importance of offering flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program, competitive vacation, health/emergency leave, paid parental leave, and community service hours. 
*Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only

Leonardo DRS, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. #AIS