Hardware Engineer

• The Digital Hardware Engineer will design, implement, and validate advanced digital systems
• with an emphasis on FPGA-based development. The engineer will translate functional or
• algorithmic specifications into optimized HDL architectures, perform simulation and
• verification, and integrate these designs into prototypes and full hardware systems. This role
• requires expertise in complex, highspeed digital design and hands-on experience bringing FPGA
• implementations into working hardware.
• In addition to digital design, the engineer will develop and test supporting hardware such as
• power distribution, digital control and other PCBs. Responsibilities include building and refining
• prototypes, diagnosing and resolving defects, overseeing hardware integration, and maintaining
• detailed design documentation. The ideal candidate has strong FPGA/HDL skills, experience
• with hardware design tools, and the ability to evaluate, iterate, and improve both digital and
• physical system performance.

Required Skills

•  5 years or more of relevant design experience, hands-on radar systems design, system
• realization, and field testing of HF and microwave radar systems.
•  Strong knowledge of VHDL/Verilog, Vivado/ISE, ISIM, EDK, System Generator, 3rd

Part IP

•  Developing VHDL/Verilog test benches for functional and timing simulation
•  Detailed PCB design and bring up using Mentor Graphics and Altium
•  Usage of Test Equipment, RF signal generators, Oscilloscopes and Logic Analyzers
• Working in Windows 7/10 and Linux environments, and TCL
•  Candidate should be familiar with digital receiver design, including direct detect (i.e. RF
• sampling) receiver architectures
•  Proficiency with MATLAB
•  Candidate must have good organizational skills with the ability to complete assignments
• working independently and in a team environment, and effectively present results.
•  Effective communication with colleagues, sponsors, and other research sites
•  Radar timing and basic signal processing.
•  RF converters
•  Xilinx FPGA development and test in an Embedded environment
•  PCB design, schematic capture, component selections and simulation using
• Altium/Mentor Graphics. Evaluating design tradeoff against speed and resource
• utilization
•  Strong knowledge and understanding of analog/digital components, ADC and DAC
• performances
•  Experience with various hardware interfaces and communication: PCIe, I2C, LVDS,
• Serial Data over Fiber Optics with Protocol knowledge
•  Software design and development in C/C++
•  Desire and ability to participate in field experiments and data collection efforts, which
• could involve travel
• Work location: Hybrid - Candidates should expect to be onsite 3 days a week
• Clearance: Candidates must have an active secret clearance to be considered for this role
• Travel: Estimated at 5% domestic and international
• Interview Process: Initial pre-screen with Group Leader(s). If candidate advances to
• next round, will be a larger group interview with technical staff.

Must Have

Degree Level

Bachelor's Degree Yes

Design

Circuit Design 5 years

Electrical/Electronics

• New Circuit Characterization and Qualification 5 years
• New Circuit Debug 5 years
• PCB Design and Layout 5 years

Hardware

• Experience with Xilinx/AMD FPGAs, MPSoCs, and ACAPs 5 years
• Hardware Design 5 years
• Hardware Design Tools such as SolidWorks, PCB Layout Tools such as Altium Designer
• 5 years

Programming

• C/C++ 5 years
• FPGA Development (VHDL/Verilog or SystemVerilog) 5 years
• FPGA development and diagnostic tools 5 years
• MATLAB 5 years

Signal Processing

• Advanced Signal Processing, Receiver/Transmitter Design, Radar Architectures 5 years
• Develop DSP algorithms optimized for FPGA implementation 5 years

Systems

FPGA Embedded Systems Development (Xilinx, ARM, Microblaze, PetaLinux) 5 years

Testing

Testing and Evaluation 5 years

Duration: 36 Months

Security Clearance Requirement: Yes

Security Clearance Level: Active Secret

Location: Lexington, MA 02421

Pay Range: $75-$110 an hour

Requirements

Benefits