FPGA Engineer - #1159998

We are seeking a skilled and hands-on FPGA Engineer to join our hardware development team. You will take RTL designs created by our Digital Design Engineers and implement them on Xilinx FPGA hardware (Artix-7 and Kintex families). You will work closely with Embedded Systems Engineers to integrate additional boards and peripherals, then test and validate the designs on actual hardware.

Key Responsibilities

• Take RTL code (provided by digital engineers) through the complete Xilinx FPGA implementation flow: synthesis, place & route, timing analysis/closure, and bitstream generation using Vivado Design Suite.

• Program and configure Xilinx Artix-7 and Kintex family FPGAs on target boards.

• Collaborate closely with Embedded Systems Engineers to integrate additional boards, daughter cards, peripherals, and interfaces into the FPGA system.

• Develop and execute test plans for functional validation, performance testing, and hardware-in-the-loop verification of the RTL.

• Debug RTL and hardware issues using Vivado Integrated Logic Analyzer (ILA), VIO, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and other tools.

• Support board bring-up and overall system-level integration.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in FPGA implementation and validation, with strong focus on Xilinx 7-series (Artix-7 and/or Kintex).

• Proficiency with Xilinx Vivado Design Suite (synthesis, implementation, timing closure, bitstream generation, and programming).

• Solid experience in Verilog and/or VHDL.

• Practical knowledge of FPGA board-level integration, I/O constraints, clock domain crossing, and hardware debugging.

• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.

• Ability to work effectively with Digital Design and Embedded Systems teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with common interfaces like SPI, I2C, LIN, CAN, Single wire

• Familiarity with embedded processors or soft-core CPUs inside FPGAs.

• Scripting skills (Tcl/Python) for tool automation.

• Experience using Git for version control.