FPGA / Digital Design Engineer

Job Responsibilities:

• Plan, perform, and execute engineering research and design development for new and existing products.
• Perform design/HDL analysis, including high-speed and low-power designs.
• Participate in simulation, verification, and integration tasks.
• Convert algorithmic or functional specifications into designs that can be implemented in lab or field environments.
• Develop models, simulate and verify designs, fabricate prototypes, and test hardware solutions.
• Create and maintain accurate and detailed design files.
• Develop and verify FPGA designs for prototyping, lab experimentation, and field experimentation.
• Design, test, and debug digital HDL implementations targeting programmable logic devices, FPGA, ASIC, microprocessors, DSP, and/or ARM processors.
• Perform hands-on code design, simulation, testing, and hardware debugging.
• Support high-speed I/O interface and protocol development, testing, and debugging.
• Support signal processing applications implemented using programmable logic.
• Collaborate with onsite and remote technical team members.
• Prepare, share, and document technical results to support team activities.

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of hardware description languages including VHDL, Verilog, and/or System Verilog.
• Experience designing and testing programmable logic designs targeting System on Chip (SoC) FPGA architectures that require integration of the programmable logic with on-chip software processing.
• Experience with unit-level and FPGA chip level verification of RTL.
• Experience with laboratory benchtop testing of FPGA designs including the use of integrated logic analyzers (e.g. Chip Scope) and/or laboratory equipment such as stand-alone logic analyzers or digital oscilloscopes.
• Experience designing, testing, and debugging high-speed I/O interfaces and protocols utilizing an FPGA’s built-in SERDES.
• Experience developing, designing, and programmable logic for signal processing applications.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills including collaborating with other on-site and/or remote technical team members, preparing and sharing technical results with others, and documenting work to aid other team members and activities.
• Experience with design/HDL analysis, including high speed and low power design — 5 years.
• Experience developing hardware verification plans — 5 years.
• Experience performing hardware verification and material compatibility testing — 5 years.
• Validates that digital design meets specifications — 5 years.
• Verification engineering experience to support design teams — 5 years.
• FPGA Development (VHDL/Verilog or SystemVerilog) — 5 years.
• Digital Signal Processing — 3 years.
• Chip-Level Debugging tools (Chipscope/Signal Tap) — 5 years.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree — Required.
• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or related scientific/engineering field preferred.