Senior Technical Leader

ALTEN India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

ALTEN India in Bengaluru seeks an experienced FPGA Design Lead with 12+ years in FPGA RTL design, verification, and leadership to drive avionics projects compliant with DO-254. You will work with Xilinx and Microchip platforms, oversee end-to-end lifecycle, and mentor a team while engaging with customers on proposals and plans.

The role demands strong technical expertise and leadership, with responsibility for resource planning, reviews, and successful product delivery across hardware, software,

Qualifications

• 12+ years in FPGA RTL design, verification and leadership.
• Experience with DO-254 full lifecycle projects for safety-critical avionics.
• Proven ability to lead teams of engineers and interact with customers.
• Proficiency with Xilinx and Microchip FPGA platforms and toolchains.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA development through lifecycle from requirements to deployment.
• Ensure DO-254 compliance in certification-focused environments.
• Develop RTL in VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog and perform verification.
• Coordinate with hardware, software, and verification teams for delivery.
• Mentor engineers, manage resources, and drive technical decisions.
• Prepare proposals, estimates, and project plans for business development.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Team management

Customer interaction

Project planning

Education

Bachelor's in Electronics & communication

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Xilinx Vitis

Microchip Libero SoC

Modelsim/Questasim

DO-254 process understanding

DO-254 Lifecyle knowledge

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced FPGA Design Lead with 12+ years of industry experience in FPGA development, DO-254 compliant avionics projects, RTL design, verification, and team leadership. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise in Xilinx and Microchip FPGA technologies, end-to-end FPGA development lifecycle execution, customer interaction, proposal preparation, and engineering team management.

We are seeking an experienced FPGA Design Lead with 12+ years of industry experience in FPGA development, DO-254 compliant avionics projects, RTL design, verification, and team leadership. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise in Xilinx and Microchip FPGA technologies, end-to-end FPGA development lifecycle execution, customer interaction, proposal preparation, and engineering team management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA development projects through the complete project lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture definition, design, verification, validation, integration, and deployment.
• Execute FPGA development activities in compliance with DO-254 certification guidelines for safety-critical aerospace and avionics applications.
• Develop high-quality RTL designs using VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Perform FPGA verification activities including simulation, testbench development, functional verification, and debugging.
• Design and implement FPGA-based solutions using Xilinx and Microchip FPGA platforms.
• Lead technical reviews including requirements reviews, design reviews, code reviews, and verification reviews.
• Interface with customers and stakeholders to understand requirements and provide technical solutions.
• Prepare technical proposals, estimations, project plans, and support business development activities.
• Manage and mentor engineering teams of up to 10 engineers.
• Drive project execution, resource allocation, risk management, and technical decision-making.
• Support FPGA-based product development from concept through production release.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, system, and verification teams for successful product delivery.

Required Technical Skills

FPGA Design & Verification

• Extensive experience in FPGA RTL design and verification.
• Strong knowledge of FPGA architecture and implementation methodologies.
• Experience in timing closure, synthesis, place-and-route, and performance optimization.

FPGA Platforms

• Xilinx FPGA families (Spartan, Artix, Kintex, Virtex, Zynq, Ultrascale).
• Microchip FPGA families (RTG4, PolarFire, SmartFusion, ProASIC).

Development Tools

• Xilinx Vivado
• Xilinx Vitis
• Microchip Libero SoC
• Simulation and debugging tools like Modelsim/Questasim

Interface Protocols

Hands-on Design And Integration Experience With

• AXI
• AHB
• SPI
• I2C
• UART
• PCIe
• Ethernet
• DDR3/4
• External Parallel interfaces between processors and FPGA

Domain Experience

• DO-254 Full Life Cycle for DAL A/B
• Aerospace and Avionics systems
• FPGA-based product development
• Safety-critical electronic systems

Leadership & Management Skills

• Engineering team leadership and mentoring.
• Resource planning and utilization management.
• Project planning and execution.
• Customer communication and stakeholder management.
• Technical proposal writing and solution presentation.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electronics & communication(must)
• 12+ years of experience in FPGA based RTL design, development and verification.
• Proven experience in DO-254 full lifecycle projects and Familiarity with aerospace certification processes.
• Experience leading team.