Company: Ultra Intelligence & Communications

Provide Decision Advantage to Mission Partners Around the World

Join us in our mission to provide the world's military members with the latest, most customizable solutions and capabilities, enabling mission success anywhere around the globe. At Ultra Intelligence and Communications (I&C), we provide critical, tactical capabilities to enhance and accelerate decision-making in the most challenging environments. By joining us, you will experience unrivaled opportunities for growth and innovation and be a part of a dynamic and diverse team that pushes boundaries and drives meaningful change in intelligence and communications.

Command, Control, Intelligence, and Encryption (C2I&E)

By joining our Command, Control, Intelligence, and Encryption (C2I&E) business, you will be a member of a team dedicated to providing innovative solutions that streamline the preparation and execution of intricate, mission-critical operations. We focus on enhancing situational awareness, tactical command and control, and seamless video data exchange capabilities within a dynamic, multi-domain environment.

Secure your place in this challenging yet rewarding environment! Relocation assistance available.

Position Description:

• Act as the firmware lead within the Tampa office and for all embedded crypto projects, with overall responsibility for firmware technical accuracy and appropriateness.
• Provide overall firmware architecture, design and guidance for programs.
• Interact with customer during milestone reviews and formal testing events..
• Design, develop and lead trade studies in power design optimization and FPGA/SoC component selection for embedded systems.
• Support technical proposal solution development and engineering level of effort estimations.
• Develop embedded algorithms and functions in firmware.
• Develop custom interfaces, and support existing and legacy interfaces.
• Develop device drivers for hardware components.
• Support the creation of engineering documents to support various contracts, including Software/Hardware Requirements Specification(s) (SHRS), Interface Requirements Specification(s) (IRS), Interface Control Documents (ICDs), Software Hardware Design Description (SHDD)
• Work closely with a team of engineers and technical staff that perform a variety of broad engineering tasks involving design, implementation and testing to include hardware, software, systems, electrical, and mechanical designs.
• Executes engineering research, design development and other assignments in conformance with engineering requirements and customer specifications.
• Define unit, integration, and acceptance test plans and test procedures for hardware integration.
• Conduct/Support verification and validation of hardware designs
• Participate in process/tool improvements and drive quality metrics.
• Provide written and oral progress updates.
• Act as a mentor to other engineers, providing guidance and coaching.
• Keep abreast of new technologies that can be beneficial to the projects and business.
• Understand business objectives, priorities, and company's vision. Proactively assess and adjust team's objectives, priorities, and tasks so that they remain aligned with higher level objectives and vision.

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to obtain a US Government Secret Security Clearance. Security Clearances are granted to US Citizens.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science/software engineering/computer engineering/electrical engineering or related degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5+ years of applicable experience in: (1) Digital design and VHDL (2) embedded processors and System on Chip [SoC] development (3) integration experience w/ FPGA/SoC based systems (4) Digitial signal processing as applied to FPGA/SoC devices.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Xilinx Zynq and/or UltraScale+ SoCs and related toolchains
• Expertise in FPGA timing constraints and timing closure
• Knowledge/experience of software programming and how software and firmware integrate/interact
• Experience with C programming language
• Experience in Security Design/Information Assurance
• Knowledge/experience of NSA Type 1 Certification process
• Knowledge/experience of relevant US DoD Cryptographic products developments and systems
• Knowledge of network administration and setup
• Knowledge of embedded systems design using Microblaze, Nios or ARM processors
• Experience with scripting languages and establishing automated test setups using languages such as TCL and batch scripts
• Strong configuration management and documentation experience
• Ability to interact with customer and customer representatives
• Requires strong analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills with the ability to adapt skills to various analytical situations
• Must be able to identify repeatable failure modes, identify root cause for failure mode and implement solutions for failure modes

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Due to the nature of the programs we deliver for our customers, candidates may need to obtain the relevant security clearance or handle export-controlled material as defined by the role's requirements.

Every employee is critical to our success, and as such, we offer a range of flexible employee benefits, including:

• Annual Bonus - Annual Bonus - Performance Related
• Competitive Paid Time Off (PTO) package plus 11 company holidays
• Early finish on Friday
• 401K w/ company match
• Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits
• Student Loan Assistance Program
• Array of voluntary benefit offerings

At Ultra I&C, we are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusivity. Underpinned by our values, behaviors, and policies, we want you to feel empowered to be the best version of yourself. We also believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures will increase our diversity of thinking, ensuring we successfully deliver to our customers. We, therefore, do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also support requests for flexible working arrangements wherever possible. If you have any issues with your application, please email us at .

Reasonable accommodation statement: if you need accommodation for any part of the application process, please email .

We abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60.300-.5 (a), and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin and for inquiring about, discussing, or disclosing compensation. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.