Job Description

Job Title: FPGA/Firmware Engineer

Location: Middletown, RI (Onsite)

Visa: U.S. Citizenship Required (must be willing to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance)

Glint Tech Solutions is a women-owned, global IT staffing and recruiting firm serving enterprise clients across the USA and Canada. We are currently hiring on behalf of a leading defense contractor.

Project Description:

Seeking an FPGA/Firmware Engineer to join the Torpedo Systems Group, taking ownership of FPGA development supporting mission-critical torpedo systems. This is a full-lifecycle role, from architecture through verification, delivery, and field troubleshooting, with direct customer-facing responsibility.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive design, verification, and documentation for FPGA developments from concept to completion
• Contribute to system architecture, simulation, and detailed design decisions
• Define module interfaces and lead key aspects of device design and simulation
• Evaluate the full process flow: high-level design, synthesis, place and route, timing, and power utilization
• Verify test results and analyze system performance
• Present requirements, designs, and results to management, engineering teams, and customers
• Help shape and improve FPGA development processes across the organization
• Apply engineering standards, procedures, and tools throughout the development life cycle
• Support onsite installation, troubleshooting, and corrective actions for delivered products

Mandatory Skills:

• U.S. Citizenship required; must be willing to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related STEM field with 8+ years of experience, or Master's with 6+ years
• Ability to pass a background check (criminal, credit, education, employment, drug test)
• Prior experience contributing to new theories/methods in FPGA engineering
• Expert knowledge of Software Source Control tools (Git preferred)
• Proven hardware troubleshooting experience (DMM, Oscilloscopes, Power Supplies, Function Generators)
• Experience working in a Linux environment
• Experience writing in C and multithreaded programming
• Experience with Real Time Operating Systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills