Standard Job Description

Develops, designs, verifies, and documents Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASIC) and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) development. Determines architecture design, logic design, and system simulation. Assignments include the analysis of all aspects from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, and timing and power utilization. Typically uses specialized equipment to establish operation data, conduct experimental tests, and evaluate results.

What We're Doing
At Lockheed Martin, we are passionate about innovation and integrity. We believe that by applying the highest standards of business ethics and forward-thinking, everything is within our capacity - and yours as a Lockheed Martin employee. Lockheed Martin values your skills, training, education, and background!

The Work
As an FPGA Engineer you will; 

• Perform complex FPGA firmware architecture and/or custom digital board designs.

• Design digital signal processing, messaging, control, and high-speed communications.

• Interface and collaborate with program leadership and teammates on a regular basis.

• Estimate, break down and plan work for their firmware team.

• Take a high DSP algorithm for a radar system and break it into small pieces and coach junior engineers.

Who We Are
Our team comprises a diverse group of highly motivated and dedicated technical professionals. We foster a collaborative environment that values teamwork and creativity. 

Syracuse, NY is a vibrant and diverse city located in the heart of upstate New York. With a rich history and culture, there's always something to see and do in Syracuse. From the historic architecture and neighborhoods to the thriving arts scene and delicious food, there's something for everyone here.

Who You Are
You understand how the many different pieces of a system work together. Our products involve hundreds of people, processes, and systems, and you’ll help determine the ones that are relevant to your analysis and how they fit together.

A level 3 employee is typically senior-career and has 3 to 5 years of professional experience.  

Why Join Us 
Our team puts a high value on work-life balance. Striking a healthy balance between your personal and professional life is crucial to your happiness and success here, which is why we aren't focused on how many hours you spend at work or online.  Instead, we're happy to offer a flexible schedule so you can have a more productive and well-balanced life both in and outside of work.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering or equivalent engineering/technical bachelors degree and 7 years of relevant work experience

• Prior technical leadership experience

• FPGA architecture and design, with applied knowledge of AMD(Xilinx) and/or Altera FPGA devices and their associated application environments.

• Possess technical expertise to implement designs without appreciable direction.  

• Successful candidate may develop technical solutions to complex problems which require the regular use of ingenuity and creativity applied to FPGA design and/or board design. 

• Working knowledge of digital signal processing functions

• Candidate must be able to obtain & maintain a Secret security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship

Desired Skills

• Strong working knowledge of digital signal processing functions, specific to radar and electronic warfare capabilities, including digital receivers and exciters.

• Extensive VHDL firmware programming capability, and having applied that knowledge on an FPGA device (Xilinx, Intel, Microsemi). Having utilized Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, or Microsemi Libero development platforms to successfully build and test an executable hardware implementation of code which they have written.

• Use of the Mentor Questa HDL simulator, including UVM verification techniques. 

• Experience with MATLAB modeling is a plus. 

• Higher level code development, including Nvidia CUDA, OpenCL, Simulink HDL Coder, and Xilinx System Generator are also a plus.

• The candidate should possess excellent oral, written, and presentation skills. 

• Successful candidate should possess the ability to efficiently perform on multiple tasks simultaneously and guide the successful completion of major programs and may function in a project leadership role.

• Exercises considerable latitude in determining technical objectives, using current technology such as FPGAs, Microprocessors, DSPs, and/or Interface Controllers.