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Digital Design Engineer

Posted 15 days ago

OfficeLexington, Massachusetts, United States146k - 198k USD

The candidate will work with team-based VHDL development processes for FPGA-based

designs is required, including VHDL development, simulation, verification, synthesis, timing

closure and hardware-based acceleration.

Requirements:

 In-depth knowledge of Xilinx Virtex FPGAs, and Versal MPSoC.

 Additionally, the candidate must be able to function proficiently in an exclusive UNIX-

based environment.

 The candidate should have in-depth knowledge of UNIX-based scripting

 Xilinx ISE and Vivado experience

 Modelsim/Questa experience

 Laboratory test equipment, network test equipment

 Source code/revision control tools.

 Implementation experience with JESD204B and JESD204C interfaces and realization of

high-performance DSP algorithms are a must.

 Should be able to develop implementation architectures from requirements documents or

high-level specifications/descriptions; use and maintain legacy IP and build

environments; troubleshoot designs operating within an integrated system.

 Experience with DDR3 and DDR4 memory, terrestrial network standards, and design and

debug of complex circuit boards.

 VHDL proficiency

 High speed digital design and lab debug

 10Gbe experience

 High speed networking protocol knowledge

 Candidates with a background in space

 Proven track record delivering hardware, signal processing.

 Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to work in

a high functioning design team

Preferred Skills:

Knowledge of Matlab, Perl, TCL, System C, System Verilog.

This position is 90-100% onsite. The candidate should be prepared to be onsite just about

every day with some limited flexibility due to the nature of the hardware that they will be

working on.

Interim clearance is sufficient for start.

Initial phone/zoom interview followed by an in-person interview (CANDIDATE MUST BE

LOCAL TO INTERVIEW IN PERSON).

Must Have

Degree Level

Bachelor's Degree Yes

Design

Experience creating and maintaining accurate and detailed design files 10 years

Experience with complex, high-speed HDL based implementations of algorithms 10 years

Experience with design/HDL analysis, including high speed and low power design10 years

Performing basic design calculations 10 years

Electrical/Electronics

Electrical/Electronics – Digital 10 years

New Circuit Characterization and Qualification 10 years

New Circuit Debug 10 years

Xilinx FPGA 10 years

Hardware

1G - 100G ethernet protocol realization 10 years

Programming

VHDL / Verilog 10 years

Xilinx DSP 10 years

Signal Processing

Digital Signal Processing 10 years

Systems

Space Systems 5 years

Nice to Have

Hardware

Real-Time Embedded Systems (RTOS, VxWorks, Xenomai, Linux) 0 years

Programming

C/C++ Programming 0 years

Scripting Languages: Perl, Python, Shell Scripting, PowerShell 0 years

Duration: 36 Months

Security Clearance Requirement: No

Security Clearance Level: Interim to Start

Location: Lexington, MA 02421

Pay Range: $70 - $95 an hour

Job details
Workplace
Office
Location
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
Salary
146k - 198k USD
per year

Athari is a technology firm that focuses on tackling a world with an underrepresented workforce, a lack of diversity in positions of leadership and influence, and an ecosystem void of meaningful retention of diverse talent. We believe diversity is intersectional and we are building technology that addresses the access gap and making placements today for a more vibrant and equitable tomorrow. Athari is backed by the West Harlem Innovation Network (WHIN) and advised by Gene Waddy, the former CEO and Co-Founder of Diversant which was the largest African American owned IT staffing firm in the nation. Athari has been named the exclusive recruiting firm for the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce, is a recipient of the Carver Federal Savings Bank Pitch Competition, and is a Outstanding Initiative finalist for the 2024 Black Tech Achievement Awards.

Key team members

Hazel Estwick Hurley. RN, Esq.

Hazel Estwick Hurley. RN, Esq.

Isaac Were

Isaac Were

Alex Wesser

Alex Wesser

Olabisi Ridges

Olabisi Ridges

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