Job Title: FPGA Design Engineer

Job Description

The FPGA Design Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and testing digital logic circuits, implementing new hardware architectures, and writing firmware to control and configure FPGA-based systems.

Responsibilities

• Engage in full life cycle development and integration of Verilog/VHDL into different families of FPGAs.
• Demonstrate a firm understanding of the FPGA design process, including requirements, preliminary design, peer reviews, detailed design, test plan generation, integration, and testing.
• Perform architectural design, including block diagram creation, trade-off studies, and design reviews.
• Create self-checking and reusable test benches from scratch.
• Develop functional coverage models and ensure closure of code coverage.
• Create and document written test cases and procedures, and record results.
• Integrate with hardware/software for lab integration and complete testing/qualification of a deliverable system.
• Support board-level FPGA integration.
• Conduct detailed design reviews.
• Foster a collaborative culture by treating all team members with respect and dignity.

Essential Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering, computer science, or another relevant STEM field. Experience in lieu of education may be considered.
• Experience with FPGA, VHDL, Verilog, ASIC, Xilinx, and Altera.
• Proficiency in Verilog or VHDL.
• Experience with hand-coded implementations beyond incorporating vendor COTS IP.
• Testbench development for the verification of RTL blocks.
• Familiarity with FPGA simulation and synthesis tools like Questasim, Synplify, Xilinx ISE, and Vivado.
• Experience in verifying ASICs / FPGAs.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
• Experience with building and setting up scalable simulation/verification environments.
• Experience with revision control systems such as svn and git.
• Proficiency in Linux environments.
• Experience with high-speed serial protocols like PCI Express, SRIO, Ethernet, LVDS, and CameLink.
• Experience with Analog to Digital (AD) and Digital to Analog (DA) interfaces.
• Experience with control protocols such as I2C, SPI, RS-232/422.
• Experience with Unix, scripting in C, Python, bash/csh.
• Experience with embedded System-On-Chip technologies and radio systems development.

Work Environment

The work environment involves hands-on FPGA lab validation. The position promotes a collaborative culture and encourages continual improvement of service quality, ensuring the delivery of products and services that exceed customer expectations.