Description:
Chipton-Ross is seeking a Digital Engineer 3 for a contract opportunity in San Diego, CA.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (REQUIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE): • BS + 5 years of experience in related STEM field; MS + 3 years of experience. • Significant hands-on current experience in the field of VHDL design. • Candidate must have excellent written and communication skills and be able to work independently and within groups. • Candidate must have working knowledge of formal engineering development process, VHDL design and verification.
POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: We are looking for you to join our team as a Digital Engineer on site in San Diego, CA. • Design, develop, integrate and test VHDL-based digital designs for our end-user customers and businesses, primarily focused on software defined radio VHDL firmware code bases. • Work using FPGA programming development tools and environments • Work with multi-disciplinary teams, such as with Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering, Hardware, and Integration & Test • Work in waterfall or Agile software development environment • Analyze system concept of operation, requirements and design documents to resolve functional, performance or timing issues.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (DESIRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE): • 8 or more years of professional technical experience. • Experience with VHDL design and OSVVM verification for FPGA firmware • Experience with AMD/Xilinx series including Zynq, Kintex, Ultrascale, Versal family of devices. • Experience with Communication Protocols (I2C, SPI, UART, PCIe, Ethernet) • Experience with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools: Vivado, Quartus, QuestaSim • Knowledgeable in FPGA physical constraints and achieving timing closure. • Generation of Test benches and support of formal VHDL Verification. • Experience with board RO system level debug using test equipment such as oscilloscopes and logic analyzers. • Experience with translating systems requirements into programmable logic requirements, design documents, and test specifications. • Candidate should have hands on experience with DoD communications systems.
REQUIRED EDUCATION: Bachelor's Degree is required. School must be accredited.
WORK HOURS: 9/80 workweek. 1st shift.
Job Number:
216984
Job Location:
San Diego, CA
Rate:
Up to $157.43 DOE
Duration:
6 months
Input Date:
02/06/2026
Last Updated:
02/20/2026
Firm Name:
CHIPTON ROSS
Attention:
Kevin Suk
Address:
420 CULVER BLVD
City, State:
PLAYA DEL REY, CA 90293
Phone:
310/414-7800 X286
800 Phone:
800/927-9318
Fax Phone:
310/414-7808
Email:ksuk@chiptonross.com Website:www.chiptonross.com
