Senior DSP/ FPGA Engineer

Geon Technologies is a rapidly growing small company that provides signal processing and sensor system integration services to the United States Government (USG) and the industry base that supports them. Geon seeks to be known for “signals, sensors, and systems”. Geon has expertise in the science and development of signal processing techniques and algorithm solutions for multi-INT applications. The signal processing and hardware focused sectors of Geon are supported by the work Geon conducts with open architectures, open frameworks, and open systems that facilitate the rapid development, integration, and deployment of techniques and capabilities to operational contexts.
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Responsibilities and Duties:

• Model DSP algorithms in Octave/MatLab or Simulink
• Implement networking or DSP algorithms in HDL for targeting FPGA-based platforms
• Develop HDL designs in simulators and build bitstreams ensuring that timing requirements are met
• Utilize various equipment such as oscilloscopes, function generators, DC power supplies, and logic analyzers for final verification and validation of designs on the target SDR
• Participate in project development and code reviews
• Develop documentation for describing designs, applications, test plans and procedures
• Respond to RFQ with technical and scheduling details
• Create actionable tasks when provided a SOW
• Interface with leadership and customers to provide project updates

Qualifications and Skills:

• 7 to 10 years of relevant professional experience with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science, or other STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics) discipline;
  5 years with Masters
• Proficient with DSP, Octave/MatLab and Simulink
• Proficient with Software-Defined Radios (SDR)
• Proficient with developing and/or integrating signal processing applications in an SDR framework
• Proficient with FPGA programming using VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog
• Proficient with FPGA design flow including items such as RTL/gate level simulation, synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis, and power analysis
• Proficient with Xilinx and/or Intel tool suites
• Proficient with ADC, DAC, and RF front-end hardware
• Experience with PetaLinux Embedded Linux OS, or similar
• Experience with Linux OS development system
• Experience with C++, GDB, Python, TCL and shell scripting
• Proficient with test equipment hardware (oscilloscopes, signal generators)
• Excellent organizational, written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working in a collaborative and team-based environment and excel in as a team lead
• US Citizen and must be clearable

Preferred Skills or Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with networking technologies (UDP, IPv4, Ethernet, etc.)
• Experience with the use of Git
• Experience with the use of JIRA

Benefits:
Medical Insurance - 75% employer paid; 25% employee paid.
Dental Insurance - 100% employer paid.
Vision Insurance - 100% employer paid.
Health Spending Account (HSA) - Annual employer contribution of $2,000 (individual)/$4,000 (family)
Short-Term Disability (STD) Insurance - 100% employer paid.
Long-Term Disability (LTD) Insurance - 100% employer paid.
Basic Life Insurance - 1x annual salary, up to $250,000 - employer paid.
AD&D Insurance - 1x annual salary, up to $250,000 - employer paid.
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance - Up to $300,000 - employee paid
401k & Profit Sharing - 5% Safe Harbor contributions, no match required; up to 10% Profit Sharing.
Professional Development - $4,000 per calendar year to attend conferences & trainings.
Tuition Reimbursement/Student Loan Repayment - Reimbursement of one class per semester towards continuing education with the option to apply up to $1,200 a year toward qualifying student loans.
Employee Referral Incentive - $10,000 (paid 180 days after new hire start date).
Annual Bonus - Performance Based.
Paid Time Off - 160 hours.
Holidays - 11 Federal Holidays.
Maternity Leave - 160 hours followed by Short-term disability (STD).
Paternity Leave - 160 hours
Bereavement Leave - 24 hours (equivalent of 3 days) for immediate family
Health & Wellness - $750 per calendar year for items such as gym memberships, ergonomic keyboards, standing desks, etc.
Professional Subscriptions - $350 per calendar year.

Geon Technologies provides wage ranges in accordance with the Maryland Wage Range Transparency law. Pay within the range will be decided by the company in its sole discretion and will be based on several factors including but not limited to experience and/or other qualifications. The projected pay range for this position is $150,000- $220,000.

Geon Technologies provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, pregnancy, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.