FPGA Design Engineer

🔥 1 hour ago

🌾 Iowa – Remote

🌾 Iowa – Remote

💵 $100k - $125k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧑‍🔧 Mechanical Engineer

👻 Ghost score 0%

What it means: how likely this posting is sitting open without active hiring.How to read it: 60% or higher means we think this is a ghost. Lower scores are less of a worry.How we score it: age, reposts, open roles vs team size, how fast jobs close, and whether pay is listed.Fine print: an estimate from public data, not a judgment of the company. Real jobs can score high, so treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Set Up Email Alert For New Jobs

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume

Quest Defense

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

Aerospace • Defense

Quest Defense is a company specializing in providing advanced engineering solutions for the defense sector, particularly in the domains of air, land, sea, and space. They deliver mission-critical and safety-focused solutions, integrating cutting-edge technologies such as AI, IoT, and digital threads throughout the product lifecycle to enhance efficiency, performance, and safety. Their expertise encompasses a wide range of services including mechanical engineering, engineering process optimization, and sustainment and product support. Quest Defense partners with leading defense organizations to meet the most challenging industry standards and demands, working on innovative technologies to optimize aerospace, naval, land, and space systems. The company is committed to diversity, inclusion, and maintaining high ethical standards in its operations.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage a team of 5–10 embedded software and test engineers • Own sprint execution, delivery commitments, and technical task coordination • Drive accountability, remove impediments, and maintain schedule predictability • Balance technical risk, program priorities, and resource allocation • Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture • Guide and mentor engineers with support from subject matter experts or senior engineers • Serve as Scrum Master • Plan and facilitate sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives • Maintain and manage Jira boards, metrics, and reporting • Track velocity, burndown, risks, and dependencies • Support continuous process improvement initiatives • Ensure compliance with program-level development processes, including DO-178C alignment where applicable • Interface with program management, customers, and stakeholders • Communicate progress, risks, and mitigation strategies • Follow QDSS project management processes and ensure quality and on-time delivery • Support technical interchange meetings and milestone reviews • Translate high-level program requirements into actionable engineering tasks • Coordinate across hardware, FPGA, systems, cybersecurity, and test organizations • Review architecture with technical leaders • Identify and escalate technical risks • Support integration and test planning at LRU and system levels

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field • 5+ years of experience in avionics or embedded software development/testing • Minimum of 2 years leading engineering teams • Working knowledge of real-time embedded systems • Experience in aerospace/defense development environments • Demonstrated experience operating as a Scrum Master in Agile environments • Hands-on experience with Jira for backlog management and reporting • Strong communication and customer-facing skills • U.S. citizenship required • Personnel management experience is preferred • Experience with ARINC 653, VxWorks, LynxOS, or partitioned systems • Familiarity with MIL-STD-1553, ARINC 429, or avionics I/O architectures • Experience supporting DO-178C or similar regulated development processes • Experience leading integrated software development and test teams • Scrum Master certification (CSM or equivalent) • Experience adopting and/or integrating emerging technologies such as generative AI, automation platforms, or digital assistants • Local to Cedar Rapids, IA is preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Comprehensive medical, dental, life, and disability coverage • 401(k) with employer match • Certification assistance • Professional development support • Clear opportunities for advancement • Flexible, friendly, collaborative, and people-first workplace • Flexible workplace • Work on next-generation, safety- and mission-critical projects with real-world impact