• Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in engineering or a related technical discipline from an accredited institution and progressive engineering experience as follows; twelve or more years of experience with a bachelors degree, ten or more years of experience with a masters degree, or seven or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent engineering experience in lieu of education. • Demonstrates extensive and advanced technical expertise in FPGA, digital hardware, embedded systems, and engineering principles, concepts, theory, and practice. • Demonstrates the ability to define architectures, develop technical approaches, resolve complex problems, and lead engineering efforts from requirements development through design, implementation, integration, test, verification, and deployment. • Demonstrates strong organizational and project leadership skills, including the ability to establish priorities, develop schedules, coordinate workloads, manage technical risks, and deliver results in accordance with established deadlines and milestones. • Must be able to quickly understand new concepts and apply them accurately in an evolving technical environment. • Must possess strong written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to effectively interface with engineering teams, other departments, customers, government representatives, and senior external personnel. • Must be capable of representing the organization as a prime technical contact and providing technical leadership and guidance to less experienced professionals. • Experience leading FPGA development activities, including requirements definition, architecture, RTL design, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, verification, integration, and laboratory debugging, is required. • Experience with Actel/Microchip FPGA toolchains is a plus. • Must be comfortable designing, implementing, and debugging custom and standard serial communication protocols in FPGA fabric logic using VHDL. • Experience developing with soft-core processors and integrating FPGAs with custom protocols and standard serial interfaces is highly desired. • Experience interfacing with focal plane arrays is a plus. • Spacecraft hardware development experience is a plus. • Must be comfortable designing, developing, and debugging small-scale circuitry that performs sensing, digital data manipulation, and electromechanical control. • Proficiency working with schematics and conducting laboratory testing of electronics hardware and embedded systems is required, including use of oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and other laboratory debugging tools. • Proficiency in the C programming language is desirable. • Experience with software development, scripting, and the Linux operating system environment is desirable. • Experience developing hardware and firmware for high-reliability, mission-critical, or space-qualified systems is desirable. • Experience with configuration management, formal verification processes, design documentation, and hardware/software integration is desirable. • Must be customer-focused and able to work independently, take initiative, and contribute effectively in a team environment. • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance is required. • Must be willing to work extended hours to meet deadlines and support project success. • Must be willing to travel as required.