FPGA Engineer (Mid/Intermediate Level)

Technica Electronics; Sant Cugat del Vallès; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Private health insurance

30 holiday days

Job summary

Technica Electronics seeks an FPGA Engineer to design and implement FPGA modules for automotive connectivity and computing platforms. You will own parts of the FPGA development lifecycle, from requirements to validation, working closely with hardware, software, and system teams.

The role requires 2–4 years of hands-on FPGA experience, VHDL knowledge, and familiarity with Vivado/ModelSim and debugging tools. Hybrid work model and international opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a related technical field.
• 2–4 years hands-on FPGA design and development experience.
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx or Intel/Altera FPGA devices and tools.
• Knowledge of VHDL; Verilog/SystemVerilog is a plus.
• Familiar with FPGA design flow: synthesis, place & route, timing.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, simulate, and test FPGA modules for automotive connectivity and computing.
• Implement FPGA firmware for in-house hardware platforms with focus on reliability.
• Participate in full FPGA development lifecycle from requirements to validation.
• Collaborate with hardware/software teams to integrate FPGA designs.
• Perform testing, debugging, and optimization on hardware platforms.
• Create technical documentation for FPGA modules and tests.
• Drive improvements in development, verification, and automation.
• Develop prototypes to evaluate new technologies and ideas.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electronics Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering

Master's degree in Electronics Engineering

Master's degree in Telecommunications Engineering

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

ModelSim

QuestaSim

Vivado Simulator

SignalTap/ILA

Git

Job description

Job Description

If you are an enthusiastic professional interested in being part of a fast-growing company with strong engineering and research culture, we are looking for a passionate FPGA Engineer to join our team and help us build the next generation of automotive connectivity and computing platforms.

Disruptive mobility tech companies like Technica are driving the changes in electronics architecture that the industry needs to accelerate the arrival of the software-defined vehicle (SDV) era, and in this context our ability to deliver rapid prototyping hardware products is more critical than ever. FPGA technology plays a key role in enabling the flexibility, performance, and real-time capabilities required by these new architectures.

Technica is a product-oriented company, that continuously reinvest to stay ahead of the curve, and our interdisciplinary team is focused on the development of company own products roadmap and on innovative R&D electronics development projects with major customers.

We’re looking for someone with at least 2 years of hands-on FPGA development experience who wants to take real ownership of technical challenges and grow within a highly multidisciplinary environment.

We value people who are curious to dig deep into how our hardware products work and are comfortable navigating complex electronic designs. Someone who is self-driven, takes initiative, and is not afraid to explore unfamiliar problems, challenge assumptions, or step beyond the boundaries of the role when needed. Just as importantly, we are looking for a strong team player who works closely with the development team and helps move topics forward.

Main Functions

• Design, develop, simulate, and test FPGA modules for automotive connectivity and computing applications.
• Implement FPGA firmware for in-house hardware platforms, with a strong focus on functionality, reliability, maintainability, and scalability.
• Participate in the complete FPGA development lifecycle, from requirements and architecture definition through implementation, simulation, integration, and validation.
• Work closely with hardware engineers in the development of FPGA-based electronic assemblies, including schematic reviews, FPGA-related component selection, pinout definition, and layout constraints.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, and system engineers to integrate and validate FPGA designs within complete products.
• Perform laboratory testing, debugging, and optimization of FPGA designs and hardware platforms.
• Use simulation and on-chip debugging tools to identify and solve functional and timing-related issues.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for FPGA modules, interfaces, architectures, and test procedures.
• Contribute to improving FPGA development, verification, and automation methodologies within the team.
• Take ownership of assigned technical topics, proactively identify blockers, propose solutions, and drive them through implementation and validation.
• Develop prototypes and proof-of-concepts to evaluate new technologies, architectures, and ideas.
• Support product launch by aligning generated technical documentation to sales and customer-facing field support teams.

What We Offer

• A clear opportunity for professional growth in FPGA and digital hardware design, working on increasingly complex architectures and products.
• A truly cross-functional engineering environment where FPGA, hardware, software, embedded systems, and system engineering work closely together.
• Full flexibility to manage hybrid work model, depending on the tasks.
• Company culture oriented to research engineering and a clear reinvestment mindset in research and know-how acquisition.
• Opportunity to work at the forefront of innovation in automotive industry within a company working as pure R&D partner for main European OEMs.
• High diversity of state-of-the-art projects with technologies 3-4 years beyond what is currently in series production vehicles.
• Opportunity to work in an international environment within a diverse team. International mobility options are available to discuss case-by-case.
• 30 working days as holidays, with full flexibility to manage them.
• Private health insurance.
• Regular team building activities with specific company budget.
• Opportunity to further expand your training, from personal abilities to technical areas.

For additional information in case you want to know more about us, check our website: https://technica-engineering.de/en/

Skills

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 2-4 years of hands-on experience in FPGA design and development.
• Desirable experience with AMD/Xilinx or Altera/Intel FPGA devices and their associated development environments, such as Vivado or Quartus.
• Solid working knowledge of VHDL, and desirable basic know-how of Verilog and/or SystemVerilog.
• Know-how of FPGA simulation tools such as ModelSim, QuestaSim, Vivado Simulator, or equivalent.
• Know-how of using embedded FPGA debugging tools such as SignalTap, ChipScope/ILA, or equivalent.
• Fundamental understanding of the complete FPGA design flow, including synthesis, place & route, timing analysis, and debugging.
• Familiarity with hardware/software co-design, embedded processors, or SoC FPGA architectures.
• Desirable know how about clock-domain crossing architectures, reset architectures, timing constraints, and timing closure.
• Desirable working experience with high-speed digital interfaces, DDR memories, or FPGA high-speed transceivers.
• Desirable working experience with communication technologies such as Ethernet or PCI Express.
• Desirable knowledge of AXI-Stream and AXI-MM protocols and their practical implementation.
• Desirable knowledge of video or high-bandwidth data transmission architectures.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git and collaborative development workflows.
• Comfortable working with laboratory equipment and debugging FPGA designs directly on hardware.
• Strong problem-solving skills and genuine curiosity to understand how systems work beyond the immediate FPGA module.
• Self-driven and autonomous working style, with the ability to take ownership of technical topics and move them forward.
• Desirable experience in start-up or scaling growth environments.
• Fluency in local languages and working fluency in English.