Senior FPGA Firmware Engineer — Waveform & Edge AI

ST Engineering; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ST Engineering is seeking a Senior FPGA Firmware Engineer to join its Advanced Networks & Sensors team in Singapore. You will contribute to waveform-centric systems for defence and security applications, implementing FPGA firmware, shader processing layers, and device drivers while collaborating with DSP, RF and System Engineering teams on end-to-end integration.

The role requires strong RTL/Verilog/VHDL skills, embedded firmware experience with C/C++, and a solid understanding of DSP concepts.

Qualifications

• Knowledge in Electrical Engineering, Communications Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain FPGA firmware modules, waveform layers, and device drivers.
• Execute feature development, bug fixes, profiling, and performance optimization activities.
• Develop unit tests, integration tests, and RTL simulations to ensure firmware correctness and stability.
• Perform firmware bring-up, integration, and validation on new or modified hardware variants.
• Debug and resolve HW/FW/SW integration issues across FPGA, DSP, RF, and system interfaces.
• Contribute to firmware and Datapath design in alignment with the overall system and waveform architecture.
• Work closely with DSP, FPGA, RF, and System Engineering teams to support system-level integration.
• Participate in RTL and design reviews, providing implementation feedback and technical input.
• Produce and maintain technical documentation covering interfaces, protocols, data structures, and performance results.
• Provide technical guidance and code review support to junior engineers where applicable.

Skills

FPGA firmware development

Embedded firmware (C/C++)

DSP fundamentals

RTL simulation

Debug HW/FW/SW

Performance timing analysis

Technical documentation

Code review guidance

Education

Electrical/Communications/Computer Engineering degree

Tools

JTAG

Logic analyzers

RF test equipment

Job description

ST Engineering is seeking a Senior FPGA Firmware Engineer to join its Advanced Networks & Sensors team in Singapore. You will contribute to waveform-centric systems for defence and security applications, implementing FPGA firmware, shader processing layers, and device drivers while collaborating with DSP, RF and System Engineering teams on end-to-end integration.

The role requires strong RTL/Verilog/VHDL skills, embedded firmware experience with C/C++, and a solid understanding of DSP concepts.