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FPGA Software Engineer

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United States, California, San Diego
May 13, 2025
FPGA/Firmware Design Engineer needed in San Diego, CA!

*active Secret Security clearance is required*
The FPGA/Firmware design engineer's primary job functions include designing, implementing, and testing firmware solutions targeting unique high-speed FPGAs and their supporting circuitry.

Additional skills consist of the following:


  • Collaborate with a multidisciplinary design team (electrical engineers, systems engineers, and scientists) to implement and integrate FPGA designs and sensor systems.
  • Analyze, design, simulate, and implement algorithms in hardware descriptor languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog), based on MATLAB model(s).
  • Analyze, design, and implement HDL test benches in hardware description languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog), for code validation and validation against models.
  • Analyze schematic diagrams for either custom or commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) electronic hardware involving high-speed digital and/or analog circuitry in associated FPGA-centric systems.
  • Conduct experimental tests on latest FPGA and SoC evaluation boards, evaluate results, and then develop specifications for selecting next-generation components for deliverable systems.
  • Work on problems of diverse scope, determining methods and procedures to be used on new assignments, and providing feedback and recommendations to other technical personnel.
  • Develop project test plans and test procedures, provide test planning support, and assist in the execution of both lab testing and field testing.
  • Develop and maintain requirements documents, functional specification documents, interface control documents, etc.


Basic Qualifications

We're looking for FPGA/Firmware Design Engineers possessing the basic FPGA foundations such as:


  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8-12 years of relevant experience.
  • Experience with, and understanding of, FPGA system design and test.
  • Experience with embedded Software/Firmware design.
  • Experience with C/C++, MATLAB.
  • Understanding of multiple high-speed serial communication standards and interfaces (e.g. Aurora, 10Ge, PCIe, DDR4/3/2/1, JESD204B)
  • Experienced with version control systems including SVN and Git.
  • Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methods.
  • Candidate must be a US Citizen and possess (and be able to maintain) a Final DoD Secret Clearance.


Preferred Qualifications

Some of the preferred qualities we're looking for in FPGA/Firmware Design Engineers are:


  • Familiarity with modern Xilinx FPGA families and design tools (7-series FPGAs, Ultrascale+, Vivado, Xilinx IP cores).
  • Experience working with SoC designs such as Zynq and Zynq Ultrascale+ including architecting and interfacing with peripherals, interrupts, and related bus architectures.
  • Experience developing and implementing FPGA-optimized versions of DSP algorithms (e.g., modulation/demodulation, PLLs, filters, image processing).
  • Experience with standard internal interfaces such as AXI4, AXI4-Stream, and AXI4-Lite.
  • Experience working with embedded operating systems (i.e., RTOS such as Green Hills).
  • A Masters (MS) degree in Engineering discipline.

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