FPGA Engineer Job Description Template
Our company is looking for a FPGA Engineer to join our team.
Responsibilities:
- FPGA logic design, coding, simulation, and testing;
- Support hardware and software development teams in bring-up and test of products;
- Provide subject-matter expertise regarding design and automated test development procedures to customers and production support team;
- Research and analysis of data, such as customer proposed specifications, datasheets, or manuals to determine design approach and/or feasibility;
- Debugging and stressing the design in the lab;
- Synthesis, implementation, and timing analysis;
- Communicate project status and risks to project and management teams;
- Presents results at project reviews and technical conferences;
- Oversees the day-to-day development activities of the design team in support of the project manager’s work plan;
- Designs or directs the development of unique or leading-edge technology, hardware, equipment, or systems to meet specific mission requirements;
- Work closely in engineering team efforts related to the study, development, and test of hardware, data system components, or equipment;
- Design and test advanced digital logic implemented in Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) Hardware Description Language (VHDL);
- Performs additional data systems and analysis work as required;
- Develop, demonstrate, and verify designs in FPGAs;
- Simulate digital circuits (behavioral and timing) to ensure that performance, timing, and power requirements are all satisfied.
Requirements:
- Master’s degree;
- Experience in following: Technologies that aren’t just top-notch, they’re often super-secret;
- Ability to work with a fun and diverse group of colleagues;
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience with high speed digital electronics, proper timing and debugging capabilities;
- Embedded software (in C or C++) development skills for FPGAs and other systems;
- Hands on experience with Xilinx IPs and Xilinx IP integrator;
- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in hardware development experience using FPGAs, microprocessors, high speed digital circuits in embedded designs;
- The candidate must be an effective communicator, multitask, and work well with others;
- Minimum of 5 years’ Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Hardware Description Language (VHDL) experience and associated modeling and simulation tools;
- 5+ years industry experience in designing and implementing custom Verilog RTL for Xilinx FPGAs;
- Xilinx and Altera FPGA tools and processes;
- Designing, building, testing/debugging, and producing low to high volume embedded products;
- ChipScope or equivalent;
- Working knowledge of simulation tools like Mentor Questa sim;
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering.