Computer Hardware Engineer

Job Summary:

Brown Deer Technology (BDT) is seeking candidates for the full-time position of computer hardware engineer to support the development of a family of RISC-V Digital Signal Processors (DSPs).

BDT provides products and engineering services for high-performance and accelerated computing applications to government and commercial customers. With substantial investments in the development of software and hardware capabilities, BDT provides clients with solutions for leveraging the latest computational technologies. Recent areas of research and development include the development of generally-specialized RISC-V processors and co-processors for specialized applications including signal processing, artificial intelligence, and edge computing.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The selected candidate will be responsible for supporting the ongoing design of RISC-V DSPs including the design and optimization of modular architecture components, refinement and documentation of custom Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) specifications, development of micro-tests for functional and performance evaluation of custom compute cores, and the development of reference documentation and programming guides for RISC-V DSPs.

Basic Qualifications:

B.S. Electrical Engineering
Experience with digital logic design using Verilog
Experience with Xilinx Vivado Design suite

Additional Qualifications:

M.S. Electrical Engineering with specialization in computer processor design
2+ years experience with computer processor or related design projects
Experience with C/C++ programming using GCC
Experience with RISC-V assembly programming

Additional Requirements:

For this position, US citizenship is required in order to comply with law, regulation, and executive order and is required by Federal government contracts.

Compensation:

$84,600 - $103,400 based on experience and expertise of the applicant

Work Location:

Bel Air, Maryland

Application Instructions:

A resume with cover letter should be sent to careers@browndeertechnology.com
Please note: Applicant materials will be evaluated by a human and not scanned using HR software; therefore, we ask that applicants not use AI software to generate submitted materials.