Senior Firmware Developer

Job Summary
General Atomics (GA), and its affiliated companies, is one of the world's leading resources for high-technology systems development ranging from the nuclear fuel cycle to remotely piloted aircraft, airborne sensors, and advanced electric, electronic, wireless and laser technologies.

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) designs and manufactures first-of-a-kind electromagnetic and electric power generation systems. GA-EMS' expanding portfolio of specialized products and integrated system solutions support critical fleet, space systems and satellites, missile defense, power and energy, and process and monitoring applications for defense, industrial, and commercial customers worldwide.

We are currently hiring a Senior Firmware Developer for the GA-EMS Radar Technologies Directorate. In this capacity, the Senior Firmware Developer will be responsible for working with the hardware design team to design custom hardware solutions for a variety of radar applications and architect / develop the corresponding firmware solutions. The Senior Firmware Developer will report to the Senior Manager of Software Engineering within the Radar Technologies Directorate.

This is an onsite role that requires an in-office presence based on project needs, including lab integration and in-person collaboration meetings.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Architect and develop FPGA designs for Xilinx products. Implement VHDL and SystemVerilog for the following types of applications: Radio Frequency (RF) DSP, controls, high speed data transfers, embedded processing and processor interfaces
• Generate electrical controls and embedded systems architecture solutions for new project needs, perform engineering analyses for systems and circuits, document findings, communicate results to engineering and program management staff, give technical presentations.
• Evaluate the integration of the engineering solutions within the overall engineering environment and ensure that appropriate documentation, testing, maintenance, and engineering updates are completed.
• Collaborate as a member of a multi-disciplinary scrum team on the architecture, development and integration of a variety hardware designs.
• Represent company at technical reviews, meetings and formal design reviews.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; eighteen or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, sixteen or more years of experience with a masters degree, or thirteen or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education
• Embedded systems firmware development (processor, microcontroller, FPGA, and MPSoC); mixed-signal circuit design (analog/digital); analysis, design, and implementation of hardware systems to include digital, analog and RF is required.
• Experience with Xilinx Vivado Design Suite
• Experience designing with RFSoC, DDC, NOC, FFT, and beamforming architectures.
• Experience using high-speed and low-speed interfaces such as 1/10/100 GbE, DDR3/4, RoCE, JESD204B/C, SPI, I2C and UART.
• Experience with FPGA Simulation and Troubleshooting.
• Demonstrates a detailed and extensive technical expertise and application of engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice with the ability to organize, plan, schedule, conduct, and coordinate workloads to meet established deadlines or milestones with some experience in project leadership.
• Must possess the ability to understand new concepts quickly and apply them accurately throughout a fast-paced, R&D environment.
• Must have strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills to effectively interface with other departments, customers, government representatives, and/or professionals.
• Must be customer focused and able to work on a self- initiated basis or in a team environment.
• The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance required.

Job Type: Full-Time Salary

Salary range: 155, ,530