Senior FPGA Engineer

UST; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

UST seeks a Senior FPGA Design Engineer to port, adapt and optimize complex IP cores for FPGA targets, including migration of ASIC RTL/system models into robust FPGA architectures with high-speed protocol integration.

You will rewrite wrappers, ensure timing closure, and verify compatibility across PCIe, USB 10G, DDR4/DDR5, I2C, and SPI interfaces on Xilinx UltraScale platforms.

Qualifications

• Degree in electronics engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on digital design and FPGA implementation.
• Track record porting/adapting complex IP cores to FPGA platforms.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements into synthesizable RTL architectures.
• Optimize for clock frequency, power, and resources.
• Analyze and modify IP cores to fit Xilinx UltraScale hardware.

Skills

HDL Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL

IP Porting

High-Speed Protocols

Timing Closure

Clock Domain Crossing

Education

Bachelors/Masters in Electronics Engineering

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Quartus

ModelSim/VDS/UVM

Job description

We are seeking a Senior FPGA Design Engineer specializing in porting, adapting, and optimizing complex IP cores to FPGA targets. In this role, the engineer will be responsible for the migration of ASIC RTL, System level models, or third-party IP into robust FPGA architectures, specifically managing high-speed protocol integration and advanced timing closure. The engineer will also be responsible for evaluating IP compatibility, rewriting or wrapper-engineering RTL to fit target FPGA fabrics, and ensuring the final system meets strict performance and timing requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• RTL Design: Translate system requirements and algorithmic models into clean, synthesizable RTL architectures.
• Optimization: Optimize designs for clock frequency, power efficiency, and hardware resource
• Analyze, modify, and optimize incoming IP cores to align with Xilinx UltraScale hardware resources, power profiles, and speed grades.

Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering or similar
• At least 8+ years of hands-on digital design and FPGA implementation experience
• Project History: A track record of successfully porting, adapting, and validating complex IP cores on high-speed FPGA platforms

Core Technical Skills

• Strong proficiency in hardware description languages like Verilog, SystemVerilog or VHDL
• Experience with major design suites such as Xilinx Vivado, Quartus etc.
• Simulation & Verification: Proficiency with tools like ModelSim, VDS or functional verification methodologies (UVM/Self-checking test benches)
• Timing & Closure: Deep understanding of static timing analysis (STA), Clock domain crossing (CDC) techniques and creating timing constraints.
• Interfaces and Protocols: Familiarity with high-speed serial and parallel protocols like PCIe, USB (10G/10G), DDR4/DDR5 memory, I2C and SPI.

Advanced Technical Requirements

• Xilinx/Vivado & UltraScale(+) Expertise: Expert in AMD/Xilinx Vivado (synthesis, implementation, bitstream) and deep knowledge of Virtex UltraScale/UltraScale+ primitives. Strong experience with IP Integrator and Xilinx IP configuration.
• IP Porting & Migration: Proven track record migrating ASIC RTL/3rd-party IP to FPGA-friendly architectures, replacing ASIC-specific cells (clock gates, memories, PLLs, etc.) with Xilinx equivalents, and developing clean RTL wrappers/bridge logic.
• High-Speed Interfaces: Hands-on integration of Xilinx GTH/GTY transceivers and high-speed protocols (USB 3.x/4, MIPI C-PHY/D-PHY, CSI/DSI).
• Timing Closure & Physical Optimization: Advanced STA skills, strong XDC constraint development (false/multicycle paths, clock groups), CDC/reset synchronization expertise, and experience with floor planning, physical optimization, and routing in dense UltraScale designs.