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The Principal Hardware Software Engineer joins a small team within the Intelligence Sector to support a signals analysis organization. This role involves designing, developing, constructing, and testing electronic hardware and software processing components for subsystems supporting RF communication and collection systems. The engineer will lead technical design efforts by implementing digital signal processing algorithms in FPGA hardware, ensuring timing closure, and performing resource optimization. Key responsibilities include bridging FPGA to software stack connections and integrating with existing Linux code bases. Required technical skills include FPGA coding, C, C++, and Linux OS knowledge. The position specifically utilizes Vivado and the Epiq Solution PDK to solve complex problems in signals intelligence, cryptographic key management, and mission software development within a fast-paced prototype development environment.
FPGA
VHDL
Verilog
DSP
Digital Signal Processing
HLS
ModelSim
Xilinx Vivado
ISE
Altera Quartus
Matlab
SystemC
C
C++
Git
Bitbucket
JIRA
Ethernet
PCIe
SPI
UART
SDRAM
DDR3
JESD
FEC
LDPC
Video Coding
AV1
AV2
AVC
HEVC
VVC
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
C++
Python
gStreamer
Docker
REST APIs
XML
JSON
Git
GitHub
ABR Algorithms
Video Processing
Video Coding
AV1
AV2
AVC
HEVC
VVC
Deep Learning
Computer Vision
C++
Python
gStreamer
Docker
REST APIs
XML
JSON
Git
GitHub
ABR Algorithms
Video Processing