U.S. CITIZENS ONLY! Due to the nature of our research and the necessity to obtain security clearance, the Engineering division of Kratos SRE is only permitted to consider and hire U.S. Citizens for this position. Permanent Residents and Visa-holders are not eligible for employment.

General Summary

This full-time position is in the Systems Development Department of Kratos SRE and is a highly motivated and self-driven role that will focus supporting next-generation security and hardware assurance technologies for FPGAs and ASICs.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, integrate, and test hardware assurance technologies in FPGAs and ASICs.
• Run data collection exercises and acceptance testing of on-chip technologies.
• Provide quantitative data and well-documented reports on testing results and demonstrations.
• Troubleshoot issues using simulations and bench-top tests.
• Document block diagrams, schematics, and process flows.
• Perform independent critical thinking and creative problem solving for experimental systems.
• Maintain and document code and designs.
• Participate in proposal writing efforts.
• Provide support for design, integration, and testing efforts.

Minimum Qualifications

• U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain DOD/IC Security Clearance.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 2-5 years of experience with FPGAs with knowledge of Verilog/VHDL
• Experience modeling and simulating analog and digital architectures.
• +2 years of ASIC development and design implementation and verification using Verilog/VHDL
• Ability to read and create schematics.
• Experience with MATLAB or Python
• Willing to travel within the Continental United States (CONUS).

Preferred Qualifications

• Self-motivated and able to perform independent work.
• Knowledge of hardware assurance technologies and techniques.
• Experience with stress testing FPGA and ASIC designs.
• Experience modeling and simulating analog and digital architectures.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.