Senior FPGA Engineer

The Directed Energy Research Center of the company is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to join the Signals, Electronics, and Acoustics team. This role involves occasional travel overseas for conferences, visits to suppliers or partners, and training.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a Lead Researcher and a multi-disciplinary engineering team to design, develop, integrate, and test complex FPGA systems for scientific setups or prototypes.
• Architect and lead the implementation of FPGA designs to solve real-world problems.
• Define system and project requirements, prepare project definitions, and design effective tests to validate FPGA designs.
• Develop methods to ensure high quality and performance in FPGA outputs.
• Design, implement, test, and maintain reusable IP cores and prototype FPGA systems utilizing SystemVerilog and Verilog.
• Optimize FPGA designs for Power, Performance, and Area (PPA).
• Work with cross-functional teams, which include software engineers, hardware engineers, and project managers.
• Produce detailed reports and documentation regarding specifications, project budgets, milestone planning, design details, and test plans.
• Stay updated with the latest digital design methodologies to enhance FPGA design processes.
• Conduct risk assessments and present designs to management and end-users.
• Perform other related duties as necessary.

Skills Required:

• Extensive knowledge of digital electronics, including clock domains, circuit design, timing analysis, testbench design, and embedded systems.
• Familiarity with high-speed digital design, signal and power integrity, and EMI/EMC principles.
• Proficiency in high-performance PC to FPGA interface implementations, preferably using 10Gb Ethernet, as well as PCIe and USB.
• Experience with open-source FPGA toolchains (LiteX, Amaranth, yosys, nextpnr) and fluency in Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Competence in scripting for automation (Python, TCL) and embedded programming languages such as C.
• Ability to read hardware schematics and use PCB design tools such as Altium.
• Knowledge of electronics lab equipment, including multimeters, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Understanding of digital signal processing techniques and familiarity with version control systems (like Git).
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, teamwork, and independent working skills, along with technical writing proficiency.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related engineering field.
• 7 years of relevant experience in industry or academia.
• Proven ability to align project definitions and planning with business needs and technologies.
• Methodical approach to problem-solving and effective root cause analysis.
• Proficient in English, both spoken and written.