Jr. Digital Hardware Engineer

Integration Innovation - Washington, DC

Full-time - Mid Level

Washington, DC

Specialty Trade Contractors

About the position

i3 is seeking a Digital Hardware Engineer to support the Naval Research Laboratory's Tactical Electronic Warfare Division. The role focuses on advancing electronic warfare technologies to protect warfighters from emerging threats through research, development, testing, and evaluation of digital systems, particularly FPGA-based designs.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, analyze and test FPGA-based digital systems.
• Develop HDL and block designs for FPGAs.
• Integrate manufacturer IP FPGA cores (processor, ADC, DAC, etc.) into customized firmware architectures.
• Design and validate testbench routines for simulation of FPGA designs and sub-designs.
• Generate technical reports documenting design and analysis.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering, physics, or related field.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in relevant field.
• Thorough understanding of HDL (VHDL or Verilog).
• Ability to generate architectural block diagrams from existing firmware designs.
• Experience developing and testing FPGAs or ASICs.
• Knowledge of Altera and Xilinx development environments (e.g. Vivado, Quartus, Synplify).
• Knowledge of FPGA/ASIC simulation and validation environment (e.g. ModelSim, Verdi).

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of microprocessor architecture and high speed interfaces as applied to FPGA Core functions.
• Experience with analysis of existing digital logic designs.

Benefits

• 100% team member owned
• Outstanding insurance coverage
• 401(k) match
• Health and wellness incentives
• Tuition and certification reimbursement
• Generous PTO
• Fun culture with company activities
• Opportunities to give back to the community through charitable organization, i3 Cares