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Senior FPGA Design Engineer
Apply- ID: 554671
- Posted: 10/15/2025
- Location: Herndon, VA
- Category: Pro - Engineering
- Job Type: Temp to Direct
- Duration: 9 - 12 Months
Are you a Senior FPGA Design Engineer who is looking to join one of the top companies within the Aerospace and Defense industry?
Are you looking to further your career and grow?
Do you have experience designing FPGA products with VHDL?
If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!
Acara Solutions is seeking highly qualified candidates to work onsite with our client in Herndon, VA. Interested?
Here's what you'd do:
- Reporting to the Manager, Engineering (ASIC/FPGA), the Senior Member of Engineering Staff (SMES) will be part of the key design team, responsible for the delivery of FPGAs for defense applications.
- S/he will architect, implement FPGA design, with hands-on design/debug with primarily Ethernet, I2C, SPI, AXI protocols.
- Derive FPGA design specifications from system requirements
- Develop a detailed FPGA architecture for implementation
- Implement design in RTL (VHDL) and perform module-level simulations
- Perform Synthesis, Place and Route (PAR), and Static Timing Analysis (STA)
- Perform RTL quality using: Lint, Reset Domain Crossing (RDC), Clock Domain Crossing (CDC), Static Formal EDA
- Generate verification test plans and perform End to end-to-end simulations
- Support Board, FPGA bring up
- Validate design through HW/SW integration test with test equipment
- Support product collateral for NSA certification
- This is a high-impact role in the organization to ensure robust quality and delivery of communication products for National Security.
Here's what you'll get:
- Pay rate: $90.00-$115.00/Hour
- Hours: 9/80
- Length: Contract to Direct (12 Months)
Sound like a good fit?
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About Acara Solutions
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- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology or Chemistry or Physics or Mathematics or Data Science or Electrical or Electronics or Computer Engineering or Computer Science
- Minimum of 3 years of experience designing FPGA products with VHDL
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with Xilinx FPGAs and Vivado
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with a Revision control system
- Minimum of 3 years of experience with Earned Value Management (EVM)
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in FPGA design is going through the design and verification process
- Minimum of 3 years of Ethernet framing and protocol experience in FPGA
- Master's Degree
- PhD
- 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 3
- Good written, verbal, and presentation skills
Additional Information :
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
- In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
- Active Secret DoD Clearance