FPGA Design Engineer (Lead/Dev Lead/Senior)

Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. • Pullman, WA • 2d ago

SEL Government Services Department (GSD) is seeking an experienced FPGA design engineer to help develop a new device platform to meet the communication, metering, and power protection needs of the U.S. government. As an FPGA design engineer, you will develop RTL/HDL for devices that make electric power safter, more reliable, and more economical. You will work with firmware, hardware, automation, and power engineers to spec, design, code, and test programmable logic for FPGAs and SoCs. SEL is committed to providing its engineers an environment of innovation in the power industry. You will have opportunities to invent and improve standards and own patents. US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED A typical day might include the following:

Designing data acquisition, digital signal processing, and communication protocol RTL sub-systems

Modeling low-level and system-level designs using software languages like Python and MATLAB

Writing RTL component interface specifications, HDL code, and unit test simulations

Synthesizing and integrating your HDL into hardware and performing in-hardware verification

Working with firmware engineers to define cross-discipline interfaces

Reviewing others' work

Mentoring and/or supervising junior engineers in FPGA development

Minimum Qualifications:

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience

8+ years of experience in at least one of the following areas:

-- Digital design with MPSoCs and/or FPGAs/CPLDs -- Digital design with emphasis on programmable logic including VHDL/Verilog, Xilinx/Altera/Microsemi tools, simulation, timing analysis, and synthesis

Demonstrated ability to mentor others

Preferred Qualifications:

Supervisory experience

Embedded firmware development in C/C++

Python and cocotb

Tool Command Language (Tcl)

3-phase and electric power systems

Electric utility telecommunications

Strong project management knowledge and skills

Location: Pullman, WA- This position is located in Pullman, WA. Nestled in Eastern Washington, offering an exceptional quality of life. Embrace the charm of small-town living with spacious surroundings, no traffic hassles, and easy access to outdoor adventures in nearby mountains, rivers, and forests. Plus, benefit from excellent schools and universities in the area. Competitive pay. Superior benefits. Inspiring work. People are at the core of our company and we hire employee-owners. We welcome you to learn more about how we support employees.

We're 100% employee owned. Retirement benefits include an employer funded stock ownership plan (ESOP) and personal 401(k) options.

We offer top tier medical, prescription, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.

We recognize the importance of a healthy life balance and offer: 10 paid holidays, annual vacation accrual starting at 12 days, 9 paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave that covers 90% of your pay.

We foster growth and development of our employees through avenues such as STEM courses, apprenticeships, tuition assistance, and engineering development programs.

Ask our team about other benefits including wellness, fertility, adoption, and flexible spending benefits.

Pay Range Data We anticipate filling this position as a lead/development lead/senior level engineer $115,290 - $170,349. We are open to reviewing additional candidates with more or less experience and the salary range may differ if filled at a different level. Our ranges are determined by job, responsibility, and location. We base our starting pay offer and title on location and job-related factors such as candidate experience, training, knowledge, and skills.

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