Principal Engineer -Software Design

FHLB Des Moines; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Microchip Technology Inc. in Hyderabad seeks an experienced engineer to design and implement FPGA-based SoC applications using a C++ flow, writing HLS cores and integrating them into full systems.

You'll drive regression testing and contribute to feature prioritization with compiler teams. The role requires 8+ years in FPGA/SoC design, hands-on work with Xilinx/AMD Vitis flow, and strong C++ software engineering.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of FPGA/SoC hardware-software co-design experience.
• Experience with high-level synthesis tools (Vitis HLS or equivalent).
• Strong C++ software engineering and firmware development capabilities.
• Experience testing Linux and device drivers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Firmware/embedded C++ development (drivers, RTOS/bare-metal, DMA/interrupts).
• High-level synthesis usage (Vitis HLS, Catapult, SmartHLS).
• FPGA/SoC system design (AXI, memory hierarchies, IP integration).
• General software engineering in C++.
• Testing mindset for complex toolchains.
• Collaborate with teams and communicate clearly about hardware/software co-design.
• Experience with Xilinx/AMD Vitis flow, SDK and boot flows.
• Build Embedded FPGA applications and validate on silicon.
• Testing Linux and Standalone Device Drivers.
• Total 8+ years in the domain.

Skills

Firmware/C++

HLS tools

FPGA/SoC design

C++ programming

QA/testing mindset

Communication

Education

B.Tech/ME/MS or equivalent

Tools

Vitis HLS

Catapult

SmartHLS

Xilinx Vitis

SDK

Job description

Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 17,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology Inc. People come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our Vision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence. Our company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over 30 years of quarterly profitability without a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.

At Microchip, employees are our greatest strength. As one of the top performing semiconductor companies in the world, we are led by a set of guiding values and a mission to empower innovation to enhance the human experience. We work tirelessly to create a company culture that highlights how important every employee is to our mission.

About the Position

Design and build complete FPGA-based SoC applications using our C++ flow — writing HLS cores, integrating them into full systems (interconnect, IPs, firmware), and running them on real hardware.

Use these apps to drive regression/validation testing (functional correctness, performance, QoR, timing).

Act as an internal "customer zero," feeding hands‑on findings into feature prioritization and roadmap decisions alongside the compiler teams.

Responsibilities

• Firmware/embedded C++ development (drivers, RTOS/bare-metal, DMA/interrupts)
• high-level synthesis as a user (Vitis HLS, Catapult, SmartHLS, or similar — pragmas, pipelining, QoR analysis)
• FPGA/SoC system design (AXI, memory hierarchies, IP integration)
• strong general software engineering (C++)
• a test/quality mindset for complex toolchains
• communicate well, thrive with ambiguity, and are excited about the future of C++-based hardware/software co-design
• Xilinx/AMD Vitis flow experience, SDK and boot gen flows
• Expertise to build Embedded FPGA application and validate on Silicon
• Testing Linux and Standalone Device Drivers
• Overall 8+ years of experience in same domain

Why Join Us!

• Opportunity to work on next-generation FPGA products.
• Collaborate with a dynamic, highly skilled technical publications team.
• Take ownership of documentation for complex software and hardware workflows.
• Work in a fast‑paced, agile environment solving challenging and interesting technical problems.

Requirements/Qualifications

• B.Tech/Masters - with Equivalent experience.
• Travel Time: 0% - 25%