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Senior FPGA Engineer

Austin, TX, onsite, $150k to $180k

Field
Electrical and electronics engineering
Location
Austin, TX
Work model
Onsite
Level
Senior
Pay
$150k to $180k

About the role

Its rugged computing products support critical military and aerospace programs across land, sea, and air, where reliability and performance are essential. Lead a technical area, review designs, and help establish sound engineering practices across multidisciplinary teams. Work on FPGA/DSP and RF converter animals near byplatforms that combine high-speed interfaces, embedded processing, and hardware/software integration.

What they are looking for

  • Must Have Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of FPGA design and development experience.
  • Experience interfacing FPGAs with RF converters using LVDS, JESD204B/C, or RFSoC.
  • Hands-on experience with AMD/Xilinx Vivado and high-speed FPGA design.
  • Strong experience in VHDL and Verilog/SystemVerilog.
  • Demonstrated ownership of the FPGA development lifecycle, including architecture, requirements definition, implementation, simulation, and hardware verification.
  • Strong understanding of timing constraints and timing closure.
  • Experience with high-speed interfaces such as DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, multi-gigabit Ethernet, or JESD204B/C.
  • Experience implementing and tuning high-speed serial-interface IP.
  • Experience supporting FPGA/DSP carrier boards, FMC/RF converter modules, single-board computers, or other complex embedded computing products.
  • Experience with Vivado Simulator and ILAs; Hands-on experience in at least one or more of the following areas: Intel/ARM processor interfaces, DDR memory, MPSoC, or RFSoC.
  • Ability to review schematics and work closely with hardware design engineers.
  • Demonstrated technical leadership, independent problem-solving, and ownership of engineering deliverables.
  • Experience with TCL, Python, C/C++, and Embedded Linux.
  • Flexibility to work across hardware and software boundaries and contribute to multidisciplinary engineering challenges.
  • Desired Strong knowledge of AXI buses.
  • Experience with Aurora, iBERT, and parallel gigabit LVDS interfaces.
  • TCL scripting to automate design, build, and test workflows.
  • Familiarity with ModelSim or QuestaSim.
  • Python scripting for design automation, validation, or debugging.
  • Experience with hardware bring-up and laboratory debugging.
  • Familiarity with schematic and PCB design tools.
  • Experience with multiple FPGA vendors, including AMD, Altera, Lattice, or Microchip.
  • Experience using AI tools to improve engineering productivity and work quality, with the judgment to evaluate AI-generated results critically.

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