FPGA Development Engineer (OKC)

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About NSS:

At North Star Scientific Corporation, we design, develop, test, qualify, and manufacture reliable, high-performance electronics for land-based, ship-based, and airborne DOD applications. We specialize in RF system designs and rapid R&D/custom solutions. We are proud to provide our services to the United States Military and commercial clients alike as a veteran-owned small business.

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SUMMARY OF DUTIES:

• Develop, simulate, verify, implement, and test firmware for custom hardware platforms
• Support development of cutting-edge software defined radio (SDR) technology as part of a multi-discipline, multi-site team.
• Use hardware description to create firmware solutions
• Perform design verification using simulation
• Other duties as assigned by the Program Manager and/or Top Management.

Abilities, Knowledge and Skills:

• Experience with major aspects of FPGA design flow, including but not limited to HDL design and IP configuration, simulation and testbench development, I/O pin assignment, and constraining and meeting timing.
• Experience with hardware debug and troubleshooting, including internal to the FPGA (Signal Tap or similar tool) and external (oscilloscopes, triggers, spectrum analyzer, etc.).
• Experience with FPGA aspects of embedded system design, including bus architecture, register definition, address allocation, etc.
• Experience in standard communication protocols, e.g., I2C, SPI, etc.
• Must have a desire for achieving excellence in customer satisfaction, process, and product quality and reliability.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Demonstrated ability to create an FPGA application, starting with requirements definition and ending with a fully tested and integrated product delivery.
• Experience with FPGA aspects of custom circuit board development, including interface definition, pin and I/O format selection, basic understanding of schematics, etc.
• Experience with Linux embedded system development, including board support packages, device tree definition, basic kernel device development, etc.
• Ability to debug and troubleshoot embedded systems from C applications to custom hardware.
• Familiarity with Git for version control.
• Familiarity with Intel or Xilinx development tools with VHDL
• Experience with the latest line devices and system on chips
• Ability to write basic software applications in C to run on an ARM processor.
• Experience with troubleshooting applications on custom hardware.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.

• 5+ years of relevant industry experience post-bachelor's degree.

Benefits:

North Star Scientific Corporation offers an excellent working environment with professional growth opportunities, competitive wages, a business casual atmosphere and comprehensive benefits.

• Medical, Vision and Dental insurance for employees and dependents
• Vacation, 11 recognized paid holidays, TDI (HI only) and long-term , bereavement
• 401(k) with employer match
• Group Term Life Insurance and Accidental Death and Dismemberment (Paid by NSS)

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

NSS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to , , , , , , or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of .

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