Mit Lincoln Labs / Apex Systems Work Values

Daily Duties at Mit Lincoln Labs / Apex Systems:

Lead the design, implementation, verification and testing of a DVB-S2 Modem Transmitter. Demonstrated the working design in the lab to prove the design met all noise and functional specifications. Designed all of the non-3rd-party-IP VHDL including the complex signal mixer, direct digital synthesizer, RRC filter, physical layer framer, baseband processor and glue logic for the FEC and I/O. Designed a PLI- and FLI-based testbench generator in Perl. Designed tests in C and debugged the RTL using ModelSim and Cygwin. Synthesized, floorplanned and timed the design using multiple clock domains up to 290 MHz. Targeted the design to 3 FPGAs: Xilinx Virtex-5 SX95-1, Virtex-5 SX95T-2 and Virtex-5 LX330T-2. Targeted the design to 3 platforms using a variety of communication protocols including Ethernet, Aurora, SRIO, VME and DDR LVDS. Wrote the Ethernet communication software. Demonstrated working hardware in the lab using various measurement equipment and commercial receivers.

What they like about Mit Lincoln Labs / Apex Systems:

A hiring company that offers alternative approaches to pay, performance bonuses, and/or equity in the firm is very attractive to you. You're generally less interested in working for an organization offering only traditional, salary-based compensation, one with limited opportunity to acquire equity in the firm, or one that does not actively promote skill development. In addition, you are more likely to choose a company that offers a variety of internal career options, with defined career paths. You view the learning of new skills and development of your expertise as key to your career advancement. These aspects of an organization may become even more important to you as you progress in your field, and are especially critical if you change career or occupation.

Tags

ASIC, FPGA, C++, VHDL, verilog, Xilinx ISE

Skills

Verilog, VHDL, C++, C, Perl, PLI, FLI, Xilinx ISE, Synplify Pro, Design Compiler, ModelSim, VCS, Microsoft Visual Studio, gcc, g++, gdb, design modeling & architecture, RTL design & verification, FPGA & ASIC synthesis, place & route, floorplanning, formal verification, object oriented design

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