Base Salary
$87k - $157k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop secure, high-performance military communications hardware and firmware as part of a multidisciplinary engineering team.
- Decompose system requirements into detailed, traceable hardware design specifications.
- Design digital logic in VHDL and perform synthesis, logic simulation, testbench generation, functional testing, and FPGA/CPLD hardware debugging.
- Architect, implement, and test embedded firmware and software for FPGA-based digital designs, including signal processing, control logic, and high-speed interfaces.
- Integrate and troubleshoot hardware, firmware, software, and digital subsystems across prototype and production phases.
- Support requirements development, system architecture, integration, qualification testing, production transition, design reviews, technical documentation, and configuration management.
- Provide technical input for cost estimates, schedules, and risk assessments while collaborating with firmware, software, RF, systems, and test engineering teams.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 6 years of experience in embedded hardware and digital design; 8 or more years is preferred for the senior level.
- Experience across the full product development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, system design, hardware implementation, integration, testing, embedded firmware/software architecture, technical documentation, and formal design reviews.
- Strong VHDL, FPGA, SoC, CPLD, and microcontroller design and implementation experience.
- Experience with C/C++ software development for embedded real-time systems and RISC processor architectures such as ARM Cortex, MicroBlaze, PowerPC, or RISC-V.
- Experience with digital interfaces such as I2C, SPI, RS-232/422, USB, and Ethernet, plus ADC/DAC devices and hardware debugging using oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance are required; active Secret clearance and ability to obtain Top Secret clearance are preferred.
- Preferred experience includes Xilinx, Microsemi, STMicro, or Lattice devices; PCIe, JESD204B, LVDS, and SERDES; MATLAB, Python, or LabVIEW; Linux, VxWorks, or FreeRTOS; signal processing in HDL; Xilinx IP Cores, AXI4, or AXI-Stream; analog and RF subsystem integration; military communications systems; prototype-to-production transition; and schematic or PCB design tools.
Benefits
- The position is based at the Leidos facility in St. Petersburg, Florida.
- The anticipated posting close date is no earlier than three days after September 4, 2026.
- Pay range is $87,100.00-$157,450.00.
About Leidos
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government & commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead, visit careers.leidos.com for our latest opportunities.