FPGA ENGINEERING @ L3 WESCAM

L3 WESCAM Burlington, ON
About L3 WESCAM
We are an exceptional company…
We develop the most advanced optical systems for global defense and military sectors, Homeland Security, Search and Rescue, Law Enforcement and Border Protection agencies worldwide. These systems provide stabilized, high-magnification Electro-optic and Infrared (EO/IR) laser, surveillance and targeting systems for airborne, marine and ground based platforms.
To see more about WESCAM, go to https://www.youtube.com/user/saleswescam or visit https://www.wescam.com
About Joining Our FPGA ENGINEERING Talent Community
We are constantly looking for great people to join our team – but we also understand that timing is everything.
You may not be ready to make a move, but you’re open to exploring your options. We’re planning on growing steadily over the next several years – so whether you’re looking now or later – we’ll probably have something interesting for you to consider at some point…
Joining our talent community for FPGA Design and Verification means we’ll stay in touch, keep you informed on what we’re doing, what’s happening in our industry, and connect from time to time with some new positions we believe you’ll want to hear about.
FPGA Design at a Glance
This team is a little different – as any FPGA Designer or Verification Engineer can attest to.
There is a significant amount of dimensionality to our work here - whether its design or verification. We think differently, we see things differently, and we know what we do drives pretty much everything around here….
The most significant element of our team is that we offer real depth to the role of an FPGA engineer - you aren’t put into “career-purgatory” by doing one thing. We all perform verification testing, we all participate in design engineering and we take an active role in new design concepts and new product launches.
We carefully design our applications in such a way as to exploit the absolute most value from our high-speed pixel-based digital imaging. Our block-level simulations and in-system testing ensure that our Xilinx-based designs, VHDL code works perfectly, and our integration with our controller devices and subsystems for our optical sensors is seamless.
We also happen to be experts at running tests….and the work our Verification Engineers do is unlike any others out there. They take all the great work our designers do and try their level best to break it. They make sure our designs are not fragile, and that they live up to the reputation that our systems were built on.
We collaborate regularly with our product designers and of course, mentor our junior designers. We track and report design progress (or technical risks) to our leadership tea and we play a large role in the project planning / how best to resource the team for upcoming projects.
Domain Expertise We Look For

Admittedly, expectations on this team are high – for a reason. FPGA design and coding is at the core of what we do at L3 WESCAM and how our complex systems operate. While there are varying degrees of subject matter expertise attached to FPGA architecture and VHDL coding/synthesis and simulation, if you have between 5-10 years of experience in some of following, you should definitely consider joining our FPGA Design Talent Community for immediate and future opportunities

• Digital signal processing techniques
• Analog and Digital Video standards (HD and 3G Video)
• Xilinx design tools
• ModelSim simulation tools
• Matlab for algorithm development
• Temporal or Spatial filtering, colour correction, warping and mixing
• Experience with DO254 design standards (military) or other safety-critical processes would be a great asset, but if you don’t have it, that’s ok.

Skills, Experience and Competencies We Look For

While this list is in no particular order - if you are able to identify some of the following within your own inventory of skills and experiences, we would be thrilled if you joined others like you in our talent community.

• An undergraduate degree on either Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
• Between 5-10 years of relevant and evolving experience in FPGA design
• Ability to mentor and coach, but listen and learn at the same time
• Curiosity – it shows us you don’t know something but you want to find out

Life at L3 WESCAM
This is the most important part.
Many companies say that their work is ‘exciting’ or ‘challenging’, or that they work in a fast-paced environment.
Perhaps our definition of those terms is slightly different – because we are one of the only companies in the world that produce what we do, have customers like we do, allow our employees to work on the kinds of things we do, and say with certainty that what we do every day directly contributes to protecting lives around the world.

What else can you expect as an L3 WESCAM employee?

• Every other Friday off (all year long)
• Free on-site gym
• Subsidized gourmet cafeterias
• Free fruit and bagels
• Beach Volleyball courts
• 26 acres of forested land with hiking and biking trails in the heart of Burlington
• Free wellness programs
• Work/Life balance that is taken seriously
• Real opportunities for growth, development and career progression
• Everyone’s role at L3 WESCAM contributes to protecting people’s lives

Diversity & Inclusion
We believe that diversity among our employees makes us a stronger organization.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion within our L3 WESCAM family, and our community by welcoming and encouraging applications from anyone interested without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran’s status, Aboriginal status or any other legally-protected groups. For people with disabilities, we work with you throughout the recruitment process to ensure you have what you need in order to be at your best. If you require any accommodation for any part of the recruitment/interview process, or as you begin your career with us just let us know and we will take care of you.
By joining our FPGA Talent Community, we’ll keep you up to date on what L3 WESCAM is working on, new developments in business, and more information about the team and what it means to work here.
You’ll also be the first to hear about new positions coming up that we hope you might be interested in.
**As L3-WESCAM is a supplier to several national military and defense agencies, we are bound by the Canadian Controlled Goods Program. Every L3 employee must be CGP-Certified, of which certification requires extensive background screening that L3 Wescam will manage on your behalf.

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