FPGA Design Engineer

Contract Professionals, Inc; Sterling Heights (MI); On-site; USD 68,880 - 77,145; Full time

Job summary

Contract Professionals, Inc is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer in Sterling Heights, MI to develop FPGA solutions for high-voltage electronics across advanced vehicle platforms. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in Engineering, 5–10 years of FPGA design experience, and skills in VHDL/Verilog. Responsibilities include designing FPGA architectures, collaborating with engineering teams, and debugging through testing. This role requires US citizenship and does not allow third-party applicants.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of FPGA design experience.
• Experience with Xilinx FPGAs and CPLDs.
• Understanding of basic electrical circuits.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop FPGA architectures and logic solutions.
• Collaborate with systems, software, and hardware engineers.
• Debug designs through simulation and lab testing.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

Verilog

Git

Xilinx FPGA toolchain

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Jira

Vivado

ISE

SDK

Vitis

Job description

FPGA Design Engineer

Location: Sterling Heights, MI

Pay: $50–$56/hour

Work Type: Onsite

Overview

Seeking an FPGA Design Engineer to develop FPGA solutions for high-voltage electronics, I/O hardware, control systems, and video processing applications across advanced vehicle platforms. This role partners closely with systems, software, and hardware engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop FPGA architectures and logic solutions
• Support new and legacy FPGA designs
• Collaborate with systems, software, and hardware engineers
• Translate requirements into executable engineering work packages
• Implement and integrate Xilinx and third-party IP cores
• Create custom IP using VHDL and Verilog
• Develop timing constraints and perform timing closure
• Debug designs through simulation and lab testing
• Use revision control and issue tracking tools to manage development

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
• 5–10 years of FPGA design experience
• Experience with Git or similar version control systems
• Experience with Jira or issue tracking systems
• Experience with Xilinx FPGA toolchain: Vivado, ISE, SDK, Vitis
• Experience with Xilinx FPGAs and CPLDs
• Experience with VHDL and/or Verilog
• Understanding of basic electrical circuits

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC, ARM processors, AXI bus, PS-PL interfacing
• Experience with protocols: PCIe, USB, Ethernet, DDR, I2C, SPI, CAN
• Experience with video interfaces: LVDS, HDMI
• Background in defense, automotive, or ruggedized embedded systems

US CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT

This assignment is a US Government Contract which requires all applicants to be US Citizens.

NO SUBCONTRACT REQUIREMENT

No third-party applicants will be considered. If you are a third party contracting company, please do not respond to this position.