FPGA Firmware Design Engineer - RF & SoC Systems

Hidden Level Inc.; City of Syracuse (NY); Hybrid; USD 84,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid parental leave

Flexible time off

401(k) with employer contributions

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Stock options

Job summary

Hidden Level seeks a Firmware Design Engineer to develop FPGA-based solutions for advanced RF sensing systems. You will design, simulate, and test digital logic for data acquisition, signal processing, and high-speed communication. Onsite in Syracuse, NY with some flexibility for remote work.

Collaborate across engineering teams to implement HDL components, testbenches, and timing closure. Proficiency in VHDL/Verilog required; travel up to 10% expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Proficiency with VHDL and/or Verilog to configure FPGAs and other embedded systems.
• Understanding of synchronous digital design, such as finite state machines, pipelining, combinatorial and sequential logic.
• Ability to create testbenches and use simulation to verify RTL behavior.
• Ability to travel 10%.

Responsibilities

• Work in a small, dedicated team passionate about solving challenging problems and delivering results.
• Collaborate with Software, Systems, Mechanical, and RF engineers to design new and improve existing systems.
• Participate in collaborative, cross-functional design and code reviews.
• Aid in the creation and review of requirements and develop solutions to meet design goals.
• Architect and design digital logic solutions for AMD FPGA and SoC devices such as Zynq Ultrascale+ and Zynq Ultrascale+ RFSoCs.
• Design and implement HDL components for data acquisition, digital signal processing, command and control, external hardware interfaces, high-speed communication protocols such as Ethernet and PCIe, and more.
• Perform timing closure and create well-constrained, maintainable solutions that are easily extensible and employ an efficient use of resources.
• Integrate and test new designs in simulation, lab, and field environments.
• Use Python, TCL, and other scripting languages to automate and improve workflows.

Skills

FPGA development

digital design

embedded systems

analytical problem-solving

cross-functional collaboration

learning agility

communication

travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Vivado

Git

Matlab

Simulink

HDL Coder

IP Integrator

Xilinx System Generator

Job description

Hidden Level seeks a Firmware Design Engineer to develop FPGA-based solutions for advanced RF sensing systems. You will design, simulate, and test digital logic for data acquisition, signal processing, and high-speed communication. Onsite in Syracuse, NY with some flexibility for remote work.

Collaborate across engineering teams to implement HDL components, testbenches, and timing closure. Proficiency in VHDL/Verilog required; travel up to 10% expected.