FPGA Design Engineer - Vivado Expert

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor in San Francisco seeks an FPGA and digital hardware design engineer with hands-on, real-world experience in specialized applications. The role focuses on working with Vivado on Windows environments to deliver RTL design and verification.

The ideal candidate has hands-on hardware design skills, a proactive mindset, and the ability to capture high-resolution screenshots as part of validation artifacts. This position is based in San Francisco and requires on-site work.

Qualifications

• Hands-on, real-world experience in specialized applications.
• Experience with FPGA and digital hardware design.
• Proficiency with Vivado on Windows.

Skills

Hands-on experience

FPGA design

RTL design

Tools

Vivado

Windows

Job description

Overview

We're looking for professionals with hands-on, real-world experience in specialized applications.

Application Expertise and Access

You must already have Vivado installed/available on your own PC running Windows, and be able to open it today. We do not provide software licenses, virtual machines, or hardware.

FPGA & Digital Hardware Design

• Vivado — on Windows

About These Applications

Vivado | AMD/Xilinx FPGA and SoC design, synthesis and timing | FPGA and RTL design and verification engineers |

Technology Requirement

Must be able to capture screenshots with more than 2.5 megapixels. Satisfy this in either of two ways.

Option A — a single high monitor. Any of these aspect ratios, at or above the resolution shown:

• 4:3 | 1826 × 1370 | 2048×1536
• 16:9 | 2109 × 1186 | 2560×1440 (QHD) · 3840×2160 (4K) · 5120×2880 (5K)
• 16:10 | 2000 × 1250 | 2240×1400 · 2560×1600 · 2880×1800
• 3:2 | 1937 × 1291 | 2160×1440 · 2256×1504 · 2736×1824 · 3000×2000
• 21:9 (ultrawide) | 2416 × 1036 | 2560×1080 · 3440×1440 · 3840×1600

MacBook Pro 14" (3024×1964) and 16" (3456×2234) built-in displays qualify.

Option B — a dual-monitor setup. Two displays side by side, captured as a single spanning image. Two 1920×1080+ monitors qualify. A single 1080p screen out of that pair does not.