ASIC Design Leader

Job Description

Permanent Residents and Visa-holders are not eligible for employment.

General Summary

This full-time position is in the Systems Development Department of Kratos SRE and is a highly motivated and self-driven role that will focus on leading development efforts for next-generation technologies for microelectronics

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership in the development and evaluation of custom integrated circuit designs for defense applications,
• Investigate, research, and operationalize state-of-the-art and innovative tools and tool chains to ASIC designs.
• Maintain relationships with fabrication sites for ASICs.
• Champion proposal and whitepaper writing efforts.
• Perform program and project management duties such as task management and reporting.
• Plans and conducts research and development efforts, generally involving the different projects with multiple parts.
• Manage and mentor electrical and computer engineers through knowledge transfer on technical approaches and best practices.
• Oversee data collection exercises and acceptance testing of on-chip technologies.
• Develop use cases and tradeoffs of technologies along with recommendations for product pipelines.
• Manage workflow and version control of block diagrams, schematics, and code.
• Lead design, integration, and testing efforts through both hands-on and delegated approaches.
• Maintain technical knowledge and a presence in the technical communities by attending conferences and interfacing with professional associations.

Experience and Skills

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain DOD/IC Security Clearance.
• A Master's degree or Ph.D. (or equivalent experience) in electrical engineering, physics, and/or computer science/engineering.
• Experience interfacing with government and non-government customers.
• Experience modeling and simulating analog and digital architectures.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with electronics testing and instrumentation, including oscilloscopes, multimeters, logic analyzers, function generators, power supplies, and data acquisition.
• 5+ years of ASIC development
• 2+ years of design implementation and verification using Verilog/VHDL
• 5+ years of experience with FPGAs with knowledge of Verilog/VHDL
• 5+ years of experience with testing ASIC designs
• Willing to travel within the Continental United States (CONUS).

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledgeable in anti-tamper and hardware assurance technologies and techniques.
• Knowledgeable in the fundamentals of device physics
• Experience transitioning hardware from the bench top to fielded systems.
• Experience with radiation effects in microelectronics
• Strong mathematical problem-solving skills

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Job Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Coverage
• Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Paid Time-Off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Education Reimbursement

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Coverage
• Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Paid Time-Off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Education Reimbursement

• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Coverage
• Life/ADD & Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Paid Time-Off (PTO)
• Holidays
• Education Reimbursement