FPGA Engineer – Persistent Systems

Job Description

Job Description & Responsibilities

Persistent Systems is looking for a Software Defined Radio FPGA Engineer with extensive experience designing and executing FPGA solutions for a software defined radio.

Position Responsibilities
• Architect and implement FPGA solutions for a Software Defined Radio
• Supporting in-house and in-the-field engineering activities including travel to customer sites
• Traveling to test locations, military facilities, and customer sites to directly supporting the testing, evaluation, and deployment of the Wave Relay® system
• Integrating other systems, sensors, and components with the Wave Relay® system
• Writing technical proposals

Job Qualifications & Experience

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or commensurate experience
• Experience interfacing FPGAs to host CPU systems (e.g.: ARM or other).
• Experience with VHDL and or Verilog design entry, constraint, simulation, and synthesis tools
• Experience programming experience using C or C
• Experience with Linux driver development (e.g. wireless, network stack)
• Experience with Linux kernel and kernel module development
• Current responsibilities are primarily coding
• Applicant must have a US security clearance or the ability to obtain a US security clearance

Preferred Qualifications
• Experience with Xilinx Ultrascale and MicroSemi Polarfire FPGA families
• Experience with Matlab simulation and filter design
• Experience with both VHDL and Verilog
• Experience with SystemC
• Experience with design and implementation of software defined radio capabilities for FPGAs (e.g.: Digital Filters, MIMO, Demodulation, MAC, CODEC, FFT)
• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering
• Experience developing software for Linux systems
• Cross-compiling & porting (e.g. make, autoconf)
• UNIX shell scripting
• Distributed systems and network protocol development
• MANET / mesh / wireless ad hoc and wired networking

Company Overview

Persistent Systems is a growing business that develops Mobile Ad hoc Networking (MANET) wireless radio systems for US Government and commercial applications. The radios are typically worn on the person, mounted to manned vehicles, integrated into autonomous unmanned vehicles, or installed at fixed sites. The systems provide on-the-move data, voice, video, and situational awareness capability. Located in the heart of New York City, Persistent Systems is an exciting company that is passionate about delivering cutting edge products.