FPGA Engineer

Socket.dev; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Epirus seeks an experienced FPGA design engineer to design, verify, and integrate state-of-the-art FPGA systems and embedded processing solutions for RF applications. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary engineering team to develop hardware for a rapid development environment.

The role emphasizes RTL design, FPGA bring-up, and test automation, with familiarity in Vivado/Quartus and HDL experience. California-based, on-site, with ITAR considerations and security requirements.

Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer or Electrical engineering.
• 2+ years of technical experience.
• Experience with FPGA and embedded hardware designs.
• Understanding of SPI/I2C/UART.

Responsibilities

• Design and verification of RTL modules for FPGA applications
• Initial test and bring-up of custom FPGA circuit cards, including on-board peripherals such as memory, Ethernet, and sensors
• Automation of test environment (hardware-in-the-loop testing), lab equipment, and measurement devices
• Capturing design tradeoffs, state machine flow, system address maps, and block diagrams

Skills

RTL design

FPGA verification

Embedded hardware

HDL design

SPI/I2C/UART

Education

BS in Computer or Electrical Engineering

MS in Computer or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

SystemVerilog

UVM

Job description

About Epirus

Epirus is a high-growth technology company developing software-defined high-power microwave (HPM) systems with devastating counter-electronics effects on modern drone threats. The Epirus Leonidas HPM family of products, empowered by innovations in AI and microelectronics, is human safe and cost-effective. Distinguishing itself from lasers, Leonidas excels against drone swarms while also bending the cost curve back in DoD's favor - taking drone defeat costs from millions of dollars per drone to pennies on the dollar.

Job Summary

This is an exciting role in a growing company. The ideal candidate for the position is someone who has experience designing, verifying, and integrating state-of-the-art FPGA systems and embedded processing solutions for RF applications. In this role, you will work closely with a talented, multi-disciplinary engineering team to design and manufacture novel RF systems for a variety of platforms in a rapid development environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and verification of RTL modules for FPGA applications
• Initial test and bring-up of custom FPGA circuit cards, including on-board peripherals such as memory, Ethernet, and sensors
• Automation of test environment (up to and including hardware-in-the-loop testing), lab equipment, and measurement devices
• Capturing design tradeoffs, state machine flow, system address maps, and block diagrams

Basic Qualifications

• BS degree in Computer or Electrical engineering
• 2+ years of technical experience
• Familiarity implementing FPGA and microprocessor designs on embedded hardware
• Experience working with latest generation state of the art Xilinx/Intel Parts and associated tool sets (Vivado, Quartus)
• Understanding of common digital communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Collaborative; capable of working across all levels of the organization
• Organized; comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• US Citizen and/or Permanent Resident (future US Security Clearance will be required)

Preferred Skills and Experience

• MS degree in Computer or Electrical engineering
• 3+ years of experience
• Experience implementing complex DSP algorithms on FPGAs
• Proficiency with design automation, scripting languages (TCL, Python, Perl, Matlab)
• Knowledge of advanced firmware verification testbench development (UVM, System Verilog)
• Skilled with advanced high-speed Verilog/VHDL designs including high-speed memory interfaces (DDR4, HBM) and high-speed SerDes IO and protocols (100GE, JESD, Interlaken)
• Understanding of digital and mixed signal PCB design including signal integrity analysis, FPGA sizing estimation, and IO selection
• Aerospace/Defense experience and/or military experience
• Current/Active Secret Security Clearance

ITAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.

People are the most important part of Epirus – and always come first. We don’t believe in the word impossible and are always asking “why not” as work to usher in a new paradigm of power efficiency. Our fast-growing team is agile, creative, and innovative. We support a culture of constant learning and sense of belonging among our team members and know that mentorship matters. We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond. To deliver on our mission, we are always looking for problem solvers, changemakers and innovators to join our fast-growing team.

As required by the Equal Pay Transparency Act, Epirus provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.

For the state of California only, the range of starting pay for this role is:

$102,000 — $118,000 USD