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Distance Exact 10 miles 15 miles 25 miles 50 miles 65 miles 100 miles 500 miles Advanced Search &nbsp Search Job Details Engineering Electrical Engineer 6 CEDAR RAPIDS, IA Posted: 9/9/2026 Job Description Job ID#: 225419 Job Category: Engineering Position Type: Associate - W2 Shift: 1 PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Engineer 6, in Cedar Rapids, IA. Job Description: Your work will contribute to the development of cutting-edge defense solutions across Mission Systems, leveraging your expertise in the design, implementation, verification, and integration of high-performance digital FPGAs. These solutions will undergo the highest level of certification rigor in accordance with DO-254 DAL A requirements. What You Will Do • Requirements Management: Developing, reviewing, and maintaining hardware requirements to ensure completeness, correctness, and traceability to system-level requirements in DOORS. • Design and Implementation: Creating complex hardware designs, often using FPGAs, that meet DAL A objectives. • Verification and Validation: Performing rigorous verification activities, including functional testing, quantitative analysis, and reviews, to demonstrate that the hardware meets all requirements • Tool Assessment: Evaluating and qualifying design and verification tools to ensure they do not introduce errors, especially for Level A hardware • Documentation and Compliance: Maintaining detailed records of design decisions, verification results, and traceability matrices to satisfy certification authorities • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working closely with systems engineers, software teams, and certification authorities to ensure integrated system safety. Qualifications You Must Have: Proven experience in FPGA development and DO-254 compliance processes. Familiarity with DO-254 DAL A, Mil-516C related certification guidance. Expertise in verification planning, testing, and tool qualification. Ability to produce thorough documentation and maintain traceability from requirements to implementation and verification. • RTL coding and simulation in VHDL or Verilog • Digital circuit architecture, design, resource tradeoffs, timing analysis and timing closure • Testbench development for the verification of RTL blocks using VHDL or System Verilog. • Proficiency using FPGA simulation and synthesis tools (e.g. Modelsim, Synplify, Quartus, Vivado, or other FPGA-specific tools) • Familiarity with revision control concepts and tools (e.g. Git, Subversion) • Ability to work with minimal supervision, team with engineers of a variety of skills and backgrounds, and matrix into projects with aggressive schedules and frequent milestones. • Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to document and present one's work and status • Bachelor's Degree in applicable engineering or science field plus 4 years related experience. • U.S. Citizenship required Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter. Job Requirements Minimum Security Clearance: No Clearance Military connected talent encouraged to apply. VEVRAA Federal Contractor / Request Priority Protected Veteran Referrals / Equal Opportunity Employer / Veterans / Disabled To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please visit tadpgs.com or pdsdefense.com The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable: • The California Fair Chance Act • Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance • Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers • San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Already have an account? Login here © PDS Defense Privacy Policy | Terms and Conditions | EEO Statement and Legal Notices |

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Electrical Engineer 6 CEDAR RAPIDS, IA Posted: 9/9/2026
Associate - W2
PDS Defense, Inc. is seeking an Electrical Engineer 6, in Cedar Rapids, IA.
• Requirements Management: Developing, reviewing, and maintaining hardware requirements to ensure completeness, correctness, and traceability to system-level requirements in DOORS.
• Design and Implementation: Creating complex hardware designs, often using FPGAs, that meet DAL A objectives.
• Verification and Validation: Performing rigorous verification activities, including functional testing, quantitative analysis, and reviews, to demonstrate that the hardware meets all requirements
• Tool Assessment: Evaluating and qualifying design and verification tools to ensure they do not introduce errors, especially for Level A hardware
• Documentation and Compliance: Maintaining detailed records of design decisions, verification results, and traceability matrices to satisfy certification authorities
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Working closely with systems engineers, software teams, and certification authorities to ensure integrated system safety.
Proven experience in FPGA development and DO-254 compliance processes.
Familiarity with DO-254 DAL A, Mil-516C related certification guidance.
Expertise in verification planning, testing, and tool qualification.
Ability to produce thorough documentation and maintain traceability from requirements to implementation and verification.
• RTL coding and simulation in VHDL or Verilog
• Digital circuit architecture, design, resource tradeoffs, timing analysis and timing closure
• Testbench development for the verification of RTL blocks using VHDL or System Verilog.
• Proficiency using FPGA simulation and synthesis tools (e.g. Modelsim, Synplify, Quartus, Vivado, or other FPGA-specific tools)
• Familiarity with revision control concepts and tools (e.g. Git, Subversion)
• Ability to work with minimal supervision, team with engineers of a variety of skills and backgrounds, and matrix into projects with aggressive schedules and frequent milestones.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with the ability to document and present one's work and status
• Bachelor's Degree in applicable engineering or science field plus 4 years related experience.
• U.S. Citizenship required
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