Lead FPGA Architect - High-Speed Embedded Systems in Austin

Kingfisher Recruiting; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship available

Job summary

Kingfisher Recruiting is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in Austin, TX to own FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products. Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures and lead implementation and verification.

You will work closely with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable products, applying expertise in high-speed digital design, RF interfaces, and timing closure. 7+ years of FPGA experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of FPGA design and development experience.
• Experience interfacing FPGAs with RF converters using LVDS, JESD204B/C, or RFSoC.
• Hands-on experience with AMD/Xilinx Vivado and high-speed FPGA design.
• Strong experience in VHDL and Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Ownership of FPGA development lifecycle: architecture to hardware verification.
• Understanding of timing constraints and timing closure.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces (DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, multi-gigabit Ethernet, JESD204B/C).
• Experience implementing and tuning high-speed serial-interface IP.
• Experience supporting FPGA/DSP carrier boards, FMC/RF modules, SBCs, or other complex embedded products.
• Experience with Vivado Simulator and ILAs.
• Hands-on experience with Intel/ARM processor interfaces, DDR memory, MPSoC, or RFSoC.
• Ability to review schematics and collaborate with hardware engineers.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and ownership of deliverables.
• Experience with TCL, Python, C/C++, and Embedded Linux.
• Flexibility to work across hardware/software boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products.
• Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures.
• Lead implementation and verification.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable products.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/Verilog

RF interfaces

DDR4/DDR5

PCIe

TCL scripting

Python

C/C++

Embedded Linux

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Vivado

Vivado Simulator

ILAs

Job description

Kingfisher Recruiting is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in Austin, TX to own FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products. Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures and lead implementation and verification.

You will work closely with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable products, applying expertise in high-speed digital design, RF interfaces, and timing closure. 7+ years of FPGA experience preferred.