What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Engineer position at DP Professionals (DPP)?
DPP is seeking a Senior Designer Engineer for an opportunity with our client in the Aerospace industry.
Work Location: Fully remote but looking at Huntsville AL or El Segundo CA
Duration: 8 months
Terms: W2 Contract
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop digital ASICs and FPGAs, and/or mixed-signal ASICs Implement designs using HDL (VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog).
- Develop verification methodologies and test benches for block and system-level verification.
- Create and execute test plans, develop test harnesses, and implement coverage models.
- Conduct timing analysis, noise analysis, and other signoff checks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including systems, firmware, architecture, and product engineering.
- Support lab integration and troubleshooting activities.
- Resolve design issues and drive solutions for timing, congestion, and other implementation challenges.
Required Qualifications:
- 7 years of experience in ASIC design and implementation.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical discipline.
- Experience with FPGA & ASIC design.
- Proficiency in HDL programming (VHDL, Verilog, and/or SystemVerilog).
- Experience with Linux development environment.
- Experience with design verification and test bench development.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree (MS/PhD) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Experience in full ASIC/FPGA lifecycle (architecture, design, simulation, verification, validation, integration & test).
- Experience with Software-Defined Radio Architectures, ADC/DAC, and/or DSPs.
- Knowledge of DSP and communications systems including spread spectrum, forward error correction, and modulation types (QPSK, QAM, PCM/FM, PAM).
- Strong object-oriented programming and scripting skills (Python, TCL, Perl).
- Experience with physical design flows and industry-standard EDA tools.
- Experience with RTL2GDSII physical design and signoff flows.
- Knowledge of deep sub-micron FinFET and CMOS technologies.
- Experience with DFT/Scan/MBIST/LBIST methodologies.
- Experience mentoring junior engineers.