Cybersecurity Hardware Engineer - Lovettsville, VA

Our client is seeking a customer-focused team player to work on-site in a mission-oriented environment. The ideal candidate should be a self-starter with excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multiple teams throughout the design process.

We are currently hiring Information Assurance Hardware Design Engineers with expertise in FPGA architecture, design, development, and verification for cryptographic products. As a hardware design engineer, you will closely collaborate with software and system engineers to conceptualize, document, design, code, verify, and debug ASIC, FPGA, and embedded firmware designs for cryptographic products. The candidate should be adaptable, motivated, customer-oriented, capable of leading a small team, and be willing to mentor others while staying updated on new technologies.

Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Full-Scope Polygraph
• Assisting in the design of new products and processes, as well as improving and maintaining existing products
• Coordinating with engineering personnel to ensure interrelated designs and successful project completion
• Conducting design analysis on components and assemblies to ensure cost efficiency, manufacturability, and reliability
• Using FPGA place and route (P&R) tools with various libraries to create physical implementations of designs
• Leading the designs of new products and processes, and enhancing and maintaining existing products
• Providing technical leadership to less experienced engineers
• Performing Security Verification Testing and Certification to meet Type I Information Assurance Certification standards
• Producing security evaluation documentation to support new ASIC and FPGA designs
• Reviewing VHDL code and providing security recommendations
• Evaluating, reviewing, and testing security code

Other Highly Desirable Experience:

• Experience in developing NSA TYPE 1 security products using NSA IA security practices
• Proficiency in VHDL, C/C++, Bash, Verilog, Tcl/TK, Mentor Graphics, and GitLab
• Knowledge of FPGA design using Xilinx's Vivado, Microblaze Design Suite

Education/Experience:

Mid-Career: A minimum of seven (7) years of experience as a hardware design engineer is required. A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university is also required. Five (5) additional years of hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Senior: A minimum of twelve (12) years of experience as a hardware design engineer is required. A Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited college or university is also required. Five (5) additional years of hardware design engineering experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.