Job#: 3021400 Job Description: Digital Design Engineer 3
Location: San Diego, California (Onsite)
Employment Type: Contract
Secret Clearance Preferred
Role Overview
An opportunity is available for a Digital Engineer to join a team focused on mission-enabling solutions for global security. This role involves the design, development, and testing of VHDL-based digital designs for software-defined radio firmware. The position requires collaboration within a multidisciplinary environment that includes Systems, Hardware, and Test engineering teams.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, integrate, and test VHDL-based digital designs, with a focus on software-defined radio firmware code bases.
- Utilize FPGA programming development tools and environments.
- Work with multi-disciplinary teams, including Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test.
- Operate within waterfall or Agile software development environments.
- Analyze system concepts of operation, requirements, and design documents to resolve functional, performance, or timing issues.
Required Qualifications
Education: Bachelor of Science degree in a STEM field with 5+ years of experience, or a Master of Science degree with 3+ years of experience.
Experience: Significant hands-on, current experience in the field of VHDL design and verification. Working knowledge of formal engineering development processes.
Skills: Candidate must have proficient written and communication skills and be able to work independently and within groups.
Preferred Qualifications
- DOD Secret Clearance preferred.
- Eight or more years of professional technical experience.
- Experience with VHDL design and OSVVM verification for FPGA firmware.
- Experience with AMD/Xilinx series including Zynq, Kintex, Ultrascale, or Versal family of devices.
- Experience with Communication Protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, and Ethernet.
- Proficiency with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools: Vivado, Quartus, QuestaSim.
- Knowledgeable in FPGA physical constraints and achieving timing closure.
- Experience with the generation of Test benches and support of formal VHDL Verification.
- Experience with board or system-level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
- Experience translating systems requirements into programmable logic requirements, design documents, and test specifications.
- Hands-on experience with DoD communications systems.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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