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Sr. FPGA Design Engineer - Camden, NJ - Active Secret Clearance Required Engineering

SOC LLC
United States, New Jersey, Camden
Feb 26, 2026
Sr. FPGA Design Engineer is needed for a contract to hire opportunity with SOC's client in Camden, NJ. Must Have Active Secret (Can start with an Interim) Job Description:* You will be part of the key design team, responsible for the delivery of FPGAs for defense applications. You will architect, implement FPGA design, with hands on design/debug with primarily Ethernet, I2C, SPI, AXI protocols. Our Client has state-of-the-art EDA flows/methodologies including Mentor EDA: Simulator Questa Prime, Verification IP (QVIPs), UVM framework, Clock Domain Crossing (CDC), Reset Domain Crossing (RDC), Questa Lint, Synopsys (DC/Primetime/Synplify), Xilinx/Intel/Microchip EDA (Vivado/Libero/Quartus). We are a learning organization and have the capability to target all FPGA vendors and have ASIC front end capability, with mature design processes. This is a high impact role in the organization to ensure robust quality and delivery of communication products for National Security. Essential Functions: Derive FPGA design specifications from system requirements Develop 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 Simulations Support Board, FPGA bring up Validate design through HW/SW integration test with test equipment Support product collateral for NSA certification Qualifications: Bachelor of Science (BS) -Four year degree or Masters (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) 3-5+ years' experience designing FPGA products with VHDL Experience with Xilinx FPGAs and Vivado Experience with Revision control system Experience with Earned Value Management (EVM) Good written, verbal, and presentation skills Active DoD Security Clearance Preferred Additional Skills: Experience with mapping algorithms to architecture Experience in C++ (OOP) Experience with any of 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 Employment Pre-requisites The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position: successful completion of a background investigation, and drug urinalysis. SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer, EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. #DZFED #INDSOC Estimated Min Rate: $80.50 Estimated Max Rate: $115.00