Staff Electrical Engineer - Fpga

Woodward's Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Commitment

At Woodward, no matter where you are from, your physical appearance, or how you identify, you deserve the opportunity to reach your greatest potential.  We are on a journey to achieve this as an organization and want to work closely with our members to set the right path.

We humbly acknowledge this will be an imperfect journey.  Yet, we are steadfastly committed to embracing the power of diverse people, perspectives and experiences for our current members, attracting the best talent across our communities, and creating an inclusive and rewarding workplace for all.

Woodward supports our members' wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. 

         All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity 

         9.5% annual retirement benefit opportunity 

         Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members  

         12 paid holidays, including floating holidays 

         Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire 

         Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave 

         Paid parental leave (effective 1 Jan)

         Adoption Assistance  

         Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits 

         Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life 

         Member referral bonus 

         Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

         Voluntary benefits, including:  

         Home / Auto Insurance discounts 

         Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave 

Are you ready to make your mark?  If you're an experienced Electrical Engineer, we have an exciting opportunity for you!

The Staff Electrical Engineer reports to the Engineering Leader and is responsible for providing a moderate to high level of product design, mentoring to other Engineers and participation in process improvements, strategic planning, and presentations. This position works under a low level of supervision with a high level of independent work. The Staff Engineer provides awareness and understanding of overall project portfolio, interactions, and issues. This position has a high level of industry/Customer contact and industry awareness. In addition, this position participates in enterprise negotiation and provides technical evaluation of new opportunities within the PLC process.

What's in it for you... 

At Woodward, our "employees" are called and treated as "members" and we've created a culture that appreciates and values the contributions of every member.  It's an inclusive, positive, collaborative, and socially responsible environment where members work together for outstanding outcomes.   

What you will be doing...

         Will be responsible for architecting, implementing, and testing FPGA-based solutions for a variety of airborne motor control and signal processing applications.

         Will be involved in all phases of projects, from planning, requirements development, coding, test bench design, verification, synthesis, and FPGA placement & routing.

         Will work closely with systems engineers to decompose requirements and hardware engineers during circuit board development.

         FPGA requirements development, design, reviews, simulation, and hardware testing

         Support hardware engineers in FPGA schematic development

         FPGA & board level digital timing analysis

What we are looking for...

         BS Degree in Engineering required

         Greater than 8 years in related field required, including post-graduate experience

         Experience in VHDL FPGA/CPLD design

         Experience in DSP and motor control algorithms

         Proficient in EDA tools: Modelsim, Questa, Vivado, Libero, Synplify

         Experienced in DO-254 for FPGA development

         Skilled in timing analysis and closure, requirements and configuration management, and scripting languages

This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and the Export Administration Regulations (EAR).  All applicants must be U.S. persons within the meaning of ITAR and EAR or possess all required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State Department and the U.S. Department of Commerce.  ITAR defines a U.S. person as U.S. Citizen, U.S. Permanent Resident (i.e., 'Green Card Holder), Political Asylee, or Refugee.

Woodward is an Equal Opportunity Employer 

EO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Protected Veterans 

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