ASIC & FPGA Design Engineer Sr - E3

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Job Description:

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At the dawn of a new space age, Lockheed Martin is a pioneer, partner, innovator, and builder. Our amazing people are on a mission to make a difference in the world and every day we use our unique skills and experiences to create, design and build solutions to some of the worlds’ hardest engineering problems. Our culture encourages employees to dream big, perform with excellence and create incredible products. We provide the resources, inspiration and focus and if you have the passion and courage to dream big, we want to build a better tomorrow with you.

Do you have a commitment to success, proven interpersonal skills, a positive outlook? Are you a creative thinker and problem solver? Are you looking for a meaningful career to lead and contribute - with growth opportunities?
If so, then we would love to speak with you!

The Testbed & Simulation Product Line is a fast paced, highly dynamic, and growing organization of 120 people that play a vital role in providing mission-critical intelligence solutions by optimizing satellite constellations, processing data through its entire life cycle and developing reliable cutting-edge infrastructure for information dissemination across a global network and to 30+ Space programs.

Within these programs, you will participate in the design, development, verification and deployment of complex new software and hardware simulation systems.

The Tb&S (Testbed and Simulation) Product Line is seeking a highly motivated ASIC & Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) Design Engineer with a strong interest in hardware design, test and software scripting. This position will support full project life cycles of testbed products, including Hardware-In-the-Loop (HWILs) testbeds.

Duties will include but are not limited to:

• Support the development of FPGA architecture, standards, development and review processes
• Developing FPGA cores and images, including high speed interfaces (SerDes, Gigabit Ethernet, etc)
• Create FPGA test scripts using scripting languages and troubleshoot hardware issues
• Work with software teams to integrate FPGA with driver and simulation software
• System-level understanding of our simulation products
• Reviewing Interface Control Documents (ICDs) and developing Concept of Operations (ConOps)
• Understanding TB&S testbed architecture and developing signal channelization lists, wire diagrams, and top level designs
• Troubleshooting design equipment
• Collaboration across the different Tb&S teams and program teams
• Effectively communicate and coordinate with software/hardware leads within the Product Line.

Secondary electronics/electrical engineering duties may be asked to support programs as required:

• Designing custom harness and cable designs
• Designing Custom Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA)
• Engineering Liaison with technicians during fabrication
• Writing and executing Equipment Functional Checkout Procedures (EFCP)

Standard Job Description: (E2523: ASIC & FPGA Design Eng Sr)

Develops, designs, verifies, and documents Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) development. Develops architecture design, logic design, and system simulation. Assignments include the analysis of all aspects from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, and timing and power utilization. Typically uses specialized equipment to establish operation data, conduct experimental tests, and evaluate results.

Typical Minimums:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 3+ years or more of professional experience

Basic Qualifications

• Experience with Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) Hardware Description language (VHDL)
• VHDL Simulators (eg QuestaSim, Vivado Simulator, etc)
• Experience with configuration control system like Git / GitLab
• Experience in full life cycle product development
• Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance. This position is located at a facility that requires special access.

Desired Skills

• High speed (greater than or equal to 1Gbit/s) video signal interfaces and integration experience.
• Gigabit Ethernet design and integration experience.
• Experience with resolving synthesis/implementation issues and timing failures.
• Experience with using scripting languages, such as Python, for FPGA testing on hardware.
• Experience with communication protocols (i.e. MIL-STD-1553, TCP/IP, RS-232, RS-422, RS-485, IEEE 488, DMA, PCIE, SRIO, XAUI, SPI, I2C, etc.).
• Experience with Tool Common Language (tcl) scripts.
• Experience programming Xilinx FPGAs with VHDL or Verilog.
• Experience with Unix/Linux environments.
• Experience with hardware development life-cycle: requirements, design, development, integration and test, and maintenance.
• Experience writing and executing test procedures.
• Experience with cable/harness design.
• Broad range of electronic circuit design experience in areas such as analog, digital, microcontroller, Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), and power supply circuits.
• Experience developing software using text-based languages, such as Python, C/C++/C#, Visual Basic.
• Experience with Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design and schematic capture and PWB/PCB layout interface, generating a BOM (Bill of Materials) of required components/parts, and working with vendors for fabrication, assembly, and parts procurement.
• Experience in hardware/software integration, and troubleshooting.
• Troubleshooting and repair cable setups, PWB/PCB, Circuit Card Assemblies (CCA) and a variety of electronic equipment.
• Willingness to learn new environments and work independently in a fast-paced development environment.