FPGA R&D Engineer - SoC & High-Speed Interfaces

Imec; Vlaams-Brabant; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IMEC in Leuven, Belgium, seeks an FPGA R&D Engineer to design, implement and verify FPGA solutions using VHDL/Verilog, and to integrate with SoC FPGA platforms.

You will develop high-speed interfaces, embedded Linux BSPs, and data acquisition systems, collaborating across disciplines and applying automation for testing and validation.

This role offers opportunities to grow technically and contribute to reusable FPGA IP and industry-ready prototypes within IMEC’s cutting-edge research environment.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3 years of FPGA development experience in industrial, product-oriented or R&D environments.
• Design of RTL in VHDL (systemVerilog is a plus).
• Experience with high-speed interfaces and timing-critical digital design.
• Knowledge of the Xilinx toolchain is a must, including Vivado, Vitis and Petalinux.
• Experience with SoC FPGA platforms such as Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+, Versal or equivalent.
• Building, configuring and maintaining embedded Linux distributions and board support packages.
• Solid programming skills for automation, verification, scripting and tooling.
• Good understanding of digital design, timing closure, clock-domain crossing, pipelining, FPGA verification and hardware debugging.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, verify and integrate FPGA solutions using VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Develop high-speed digital interfaces such as PCIe, DDR, Ethernet, CSI-2, JESD204, Aurora and other serial transceiver-based links.
• Develop high-bandwidth data acquisition, real-time processing and control systems.
• Work with SoC FPGA platforms by integrating programmable logic with embedded processors.
• Build, customize and maintain embedded Linux distributions, board support packages and development flows.
• Use automation for: testing, build flows, lab validation and data analysis.
• Perform simulation, timing analysis, hardware debugging, system validation and design optimization.
• Collaborate with electronics, software, system engineering and research teams to deliver complete demonstrators and prototypes.
• Contribute to reusable FPGA IP, development methodologies, and continuous technical improvement.

Skills

FPGA development experience

RTL design in VHDL

High-speed interfaces

SoC FPGA platforms

Automation & scripting

Xilinx toolchain

Embedded Linux

Education

Master’s degree (Electronics/Electrical/Computer Eng or equivalent)

Tools

Vivado

Vitis

Petalinux

Job description

IMEC in Leuven, Belgium, seeks an FPGA R&D Engineer to design, implement and verify FPGA solutions using VHDL/Verilog, and to integrate with SoC FPGA platforms.

You will develop high-speed interfaces, embedded Linux BSPs, and data acquisition systems, collaborating across disciplines and applying automation for testing and validation.

This role offers opportunities to grow technically and contribute to reusable FPGA IP and industry-ready prototypes within IMEC’s cutting-edge research environment.