Hardware Engineer

This job is with Encode, Inc a fully owned subsidiary of Lancesoft

Job Details :

Title : Hardware Engineer

Location : Lexington, MA

Clearance : Top- secret

Type : 3 yrs contract

This is hybrid position

Required Skills :

• Experience with FPGA firmware development process is required, including VHDL and Verilog code development, simulation, synthesis, timing closure and FPGA verification.
• Candidate must be able to design and implement communication hardware based on high-level specifications.
• Experience with optical communications hardware is needed to support the group mission.
• Ability to work with system engineers and optical communications test engineers to support hardware development for space systems.
• Familiarity with flash-based memory interfaces such as SATA and PCIe is required.
• Proficiency in all aspects of FPGA design, specifically in-depth familiarity with Xilinx FPGAs (particularly the Virtex family) and in- depth knowledge of Synplicity, Xilinx ISE, and Modelsim.
• Experience with digital signal processing of optical signals, including understanding and FPGA implementation of coherent processing of heterodyne receiver outputs, high-speed forward error correcting codes, and interleavers
• Experience with space environments.
• This position will be onsite 3 days / week
• This position requires a Top Secret clearance for the start of the project. Preferred candidate will have SCI eligibility but any candidate must be willing to clear up to SCI.

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