FPGA Developer and Activity Leader

CS Group Canada, a subsidiary of CS Group, is a leader in the development and certification of safety-critical systems in the aerospace, electric and autonomous driving industries.

Joining CS Group Canada is a unique opportunity to work on complex high-tech systems for the most prestigious system manufacturers in North America, and our employees benefit from competitive salaries, complete benefits, and flexible work location and schedule

As part of our project activities, you will be involved in DO-254 Complex Electronic Hardware projects responsible for technical leadership across real-time embedded & safety-critical FPGA design, development, and testing.  The role may evolve into a formal leadership role.

The role can be onsite, hybrid 

Responsibilities: 

• Engage directly with customers to resolve technical and logistical issues.
• Engage directly with project management to resolve programmatic issues, estimate efforts, and guide team development.
• Able to create reliable project plans as well as implement them into execution strategy.  Able to reliable root cause variation and recommend effective corrective action.
• Provide technical and project guidance to team members, ensuring alignment with quality and schedule objectives and drive results through leadership and collaboration.
• Effectively and timely communicate with project team, company management, and customers to enable quick issue resolution.
• Collaboratively work with software, quality, design, and test engineers throughout all phases of the product development lifecycle, from idea and conceptualization, through requirements, design, development, and testing.
• Understanding of regulatory compliance standards. DO-254 and AC20-152A preferred.
• Demonstrate proficiency with HDL (such as VHDL, Verilog, and SystemVerilog) to develop design based on requirements.  Handle blank sheet development based on general system requirements is desirable.
• Demonstrate competency with Python.
• Able to develop verification strategies and tests for both simulation and target testing.
• Understanding of Simulation Bench Testing along with Hardware In the Loop (HIL) Testing.  Understanding of Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) is desirable.
• Design, development, analysis, evaluation, simulation, verification, integration/test of Complex Electronic Hardware (CEH) such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and other CPLDs.
• Thorough understanding of development lifecycles to mitigate risks during development phases.
• Demonstrate intermediate understanding in project management and task management techniques (ie. Earned Value Management).
• Design, development, analysis, evaluation, simulation, verification, integration/test of Complex Electronic Hardware (CEH) such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and other CPLDs.
• Collaboratively work with software, quality, design, and test engineers throughout all phases of the product development lifecycle, from idea and conceptualization, through requirements, design, development, and testing.
• Demonstrate proficiency in project management and task management techniques (ie. Earned Value Management).
• Demonstrate proficiency with HDL (such as VHDL, Verilog, and SystemVerilog) able to design and develop FPGA-based electronic hardware solutions.
• Understanding of Simulation Bench Testing along with Hardware In the Loop (HIL) Testing.  Understanding of Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) is desirable.
• Thorough understanding of the hardware development lifecycles (Requirements to Conceptual Design to Detailed Design to Test).
• Provide guidance to less experienced team members
• Effectively and timely communicate with project team and leadership to enable quick issue resolution.
• The role requires the use of various development tools such as Vivado and Quartus, and adherence to regulatory compliance standards.

• Bachelor's degree or Master’s degree in Business, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related Science, Engineering or Mathematics field.
• VHDL / FPGA experience, Xilinx experience, Embedded systems experience, or C experience.
• Accepting a range of experience of 5+ years of experience.
• U.S. citizenship is required.  Dual citizenship should be disclosed.
• Experience in software (DO-178C) is a bonus.
• Ability to also work directly with PCBs/CBAs is a bonus.
• Experience with System On a Chip (SOC) architecture is a bonus.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust with internal teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently and lead work packages
• Preference if located in the Hartford area. Otherwise, must be able to travel approximately eight weeks in the year.

CS Group Canada values ​​diversity in the workplace and encourages women, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, aboriginal people, and people with disabilities to apply.

Benefits:

• Hybrid Work 
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance
• Access to a telemedicine service
• RRSP program
• Personal and sick days
• Recreation room with pool table and foosball table