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Senior FPGA Design Engineer  Herndon, VA  Posted: 11/5/2025
Job Description

Job ID#:

214219

Job Category:

Engineering

Position Type:

Associate - W2

Duration:

12 months


We have an outstanding Contract position for a Senior FPGA Design Engineer to join a leading Company located in the Herndon, VA surrounding area.

**US Citizenship is required.**
**Candidate must possess an Active Secret Security Clearance.**

Basic Hiring Criteria:
  • Bachelor of Science (BS) four-year degree, Master's (MS), or PhD from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering/Computer Science)
  • Minimum 4-6 years of VHDL experience
  • Active Secret Clearance
  • Experience with Xilinx FPGAs and Vivado
  • Experience with the Revision control system
  • Extensive FPGA design is going through the design and verification process
  • Ethernet framing and protocol experience in FPGA (Primarily working on the Ethernet side, but if they can demonstrate the PCIe, that would suffice) – Looking for the actual interface experience rather than just the algorithms
  • Good written, verbal, and presentation skills
  • Strong leader, able to lead design teams

Desired Qualifications:
  • Experience with mapping algorithms to architecture
  • Experience in C++ (OOP)
  • Experience with any of the protocols: Ethernet, TCP/IP, PCIe, NVMe, USB
  • Experience with Xilinx SoC design with SDKs and PetaLinux OS
  • Experience with High-Level Synthesis (HLS) with Vivado HLX or Mentor Catapult
  • Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) – understanding of the schedule, scope, time, etc, from an Agile environment

 
Job Requirements

Minimum Security Clearance:

Secret

 

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled 

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

  • The California Fair Chance Act
  • Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
  • Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
  • San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance




 

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