Engineer ASIC 3

Location: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Duration: 6 Months

Visa Status: US Citizen

Job Description:

Description
We have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way.

We are looking for an ASIC engineer to validate the performance of a high speed ASIC at our Aviation Blvd facility in Baltimore, MD. The ASIC is tested using a Stratix 10 FPGA and requires that the qualified candidate have experience of writing Matlab code and VHDL to generate commands to control and capture results. Familiarity with operation of High Speed Interfaces like a SerDes is required.

Responsibilities:
• Conduct testing of ASIC in the lab utilizing the FPGA which is part of the test set up. Use signal generators, oscilloscopes and network analyzer for testing
• Identify, troubleshoot when results don’t agree with documentation and generate reports for the program leads
• Communicate project status to the Integration and Test (I&T) lead.
• Create new or update Matlab scripts that provide control and command for the test fixture.
• Update FPGA firmware using VHDL as needed

Basic Qualifications for Lab Validation Engineer - Integration and Test:
• Bachelor's degree in a Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8+ years experience
• Detailed knowledge and past experience of writing MATLAB scripts for device testing
• Demonstrated problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity of testing high speed interfaces such as SerDes.

• Working knowledge of standard test equipment: network analyzers, oscilloscopes, waveform generators, synthesizers, digitizers, and/or signal analyzers.
• This position requires the applicant to be a U.S. citizen.


Preferred Qualifications:
• Knowledge of High Speed ADC for Direct RF sampled systems.