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Digital Engineer

APR Consulting
San Diego, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 5/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/26/2026

An aerospace client is looking for a Digital Engineer to provide Hands-on technical leadership and mentoring a team of 2-4 VHDL verification engineers.


Location: San Diego, CA 92128 (Onsite)

Position: Digital Engineer

Pay Rate: $70/hr. - $147/hr. (DOE)

Duration: 12 months or longer

Schedule: 9x80 A


Responsibilities:

  • 12 or more years of professional technical experience.
  • Hands-on technical leadership and mentoring a team of 2-4 VHDL verification engineers
  • Define and maintain digital logic design verification frameworks and architectures for software-defined radio systems
  • Develop a verification plan based on digital logic design requirements and design specifications
  • Simulate and verify FPGA logic designs, requirements, and perform system validation
  • Analyze and debug simulation failures, determine root causes of bugs, and work with designers to resolve issues
  • Perform regression testing and generate verification metrics and reporting
  • Operate in a team environment with 5-7 engineers.


Basic Qualifications:

  • US Citizen required
  • High school diploma or equivalent.


Ability to obtain and maintain a Security Clearance.

  • Experience in VHDL design and verification methodologies for DoD communications systems
  • FPGA deployable product process experience (requirements definition, conceptual design, detailed design, verification, and production release)
  • Experience with technical management of tasks, forecasting, and estimating schedules to ensure completion to meet schedule and quality standards
  • Demonstrated strong analytical skills and the ability to prioritize assignments according to program goals
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate and communicate effectively with members of cross-functional teams and program management
  • Experience developing verification plans, functional tests, test benches, and bus functional models
  • Experience using Siemens Questa Simulator.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Active Security Clearance
  • Experience with leading a team with various levels of experience and skills
  • Experience with the management of cost and metric reporting
  • Experience with functional verification methodology using OSVVM for the full life cycle of products
  • Experience with scripting languages for Verification automation in a Linux environment (Perl, TCL, Bash, and Makefile)
  • Experience using Siemens formal applications such as Lint, Inspect, and CDC
  • Ability to hold special access program clearances


About our client:

Our client is a world leader and premier innovator in aerospace, with over 100,000 top talent employees providing the most advanced products and technologies in the industry. With numerous awards and recognitions, they offer continuous growth, learning, and development for their employees.


About APR:

Since 1980 APR Consulting, Inc. has provided professional recruiting and contingent workforce solutions to a diverse mix of clients, industries, and skill sets nationwide.


We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.


Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity! If you feel your experience is the match for this position please apply today and join our team. We look forward to working with you!


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Salary : $70 - $147

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