DCDE jobs in Fort Meade, MD
Digital Circuit Design Engineer (DCDE)
FPGA design, ASIC architecture, hardware description languages, timing analysis, and digital circuit verification for classified mission systems.
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Designing Intelligence Capabilities at the Silicon Level
At GS Consulting, we build technology capabilities that survive real operational pressure. In the Intelligence Community, standard commercial hardware is not always sufficient to solve complex classified collection and processing challenges. We need engineers who can design solutions from the circuit board up.
As a Digital Circuit Design Engineer with GS Consulting, your focus is physical and logical digital design. You will architect, develop, and verify the digital circuits, FPGAs, and ASICs that power advanced intelligence systems. If you thrive on solving complex electrical engineering problems at the silicon level, your expertise is critical to our mission.
Mission and Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities
Our DCDEs shape the physical architecture of specialized hardware solutions. Depending on your LCAT level, you will be expected to:
- Execute digital design engineering, transforming complex mission requirements into functioning electronic hardware.
- Design, simulate, and verify complex digital circuits, including FPGA and ASIC architectures.
- Write and optimize hardware description languages such as VHDL, Verilog, and SystemVerilog for fast data processing and secure communications.
- Perform rigorous timing analysis, logic verification, and signal integrity testing to ensure hardware performs under stress.
- Collaborate tightly with Software Engineers and Hardware and Software Analysis Engineers to integrate digital circuits into broader collection and processing subsystems.
Technical Domains
Required Technical Domains
Successful Digital Circuit Design Engineers at GS Consulting must bring practical experience across these technical domains:
- Digital design engineering and circuit architecture
- FPGA and ASIC design, simulation, and verification
- Hardware description languages including VHDL, Verilog, and SystemVerilog
- PCB design and layout
- Hardware testing, debugging, and signal integrity analysis
Preferred Degree Fields
Degrees must be from an accredited institution in a relevant professional technical field, such as Professional Engineering, Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, Architecture, Computer Science, Mathematics, Hydrology, or Geology.
Qualification Paths
LCAT Qualification Paths
We are actively staffing billets across all four DCDE levels. Please review the experience requirements below. Relevant experience must involve digital design engineering, circuit architecture, FPGA work, ASIC design, or hardware verification.
Level 1
- Bachelor Degree plus 2 years of experience
- Master Degree plus 0 years of experience
Level 2
- Bachelor Degree plus 5 years of experience
- Master Degree plus 3 years of experience
- Doctorate plus 0 years of experience
Level 3
- Bachelor Degree plus 9 years of experience
- Master Degree plus 7 years of experience
- Doctorate plus 5 years of experience
Level 4
- Bachelor Degree plus 12 years of experience
- Master Degree plus 10 years of experience
- Doctorate plus 8 years of experience
Ready to design the circuits?
Send us your resume. Please include your active clearance level, relevant digital design experience, and the specific DCDE level you are targeting based on your hardware design background.