Lead Engineer 1 - FPGA and Test Development (PCBA)

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Job Description Summary Responsible for designing, developing, and testing FPGA applications on PCBAs for Wind Turbines, specifically for blade Pitch or power frequency converters. FPGAs are used to implement fast control loops for power semiconductor control and protection; standard and proprietary communication protocols; and feedback / I/O functions. Engineer in this role will also support PCBA test and validation. This will include type tests as part of the board design cycle, and design of functional tests for production environmental use. Testing may also include some Failure Analysis (FA) from fielded units. Job Description: Roles and Responsibilities: - Familiarity with PCBA (hardware and firmware) testing, National Instruments LabVIEW/testing with extension to factory support (testing and troubleshooting) at PCBA, cabinet and Wind farm levels. - Own maintenance of existing FPGA designs including Verilog source code and simulation test benches. - Lead design of new FPGA logic features including Finite State Machine design, communication protocol implementation, interfaces to third-party sensors and hardware, and communication interfaces to PLCs. Design and implement simulat...