Open RAN FPGA/SoC Principal Engineer & Team Lead

GreenWave™ Radios; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pre-IPO stock options

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

GreenWave Radios seeks an experienced Principal Engineer/Manager to lead a small team building next‑generation cellular infrastructure front haul gateway (FHGW) in FPGA/ASIC. You’ll own architecture, specs, and production flow, guiding a high‑performance programmable logic stack with embedded Linux software.

You will influence design across verification, firmware, and system engineering, mentoring engineers and driving results under tight schedules with cross‑functional partners.

Qualifications

• Requires 20+ years in FPGA/SoC and mass production with leadership experience.
• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Deep knowledge of Verilog/SystemVerilog and front‑end tooling (simulation, CDC, formal verification).
• Experience with packet processing, Ethernet/oRAN/eCPRI formats is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA/ASIC design engineers, including resource planning and mentoring.
• Translate marketing requirements into production‑quality designs and specifications.
• Define architecture/micro‑architecture and integrate IP with AMBA buses.
• Collaborate with system engineering for Radio product specifications.
• Coordinate with teams to close design issues and meet milestones.
• Enforce design quality standards across the team (simulation, linting, timing checks).
• Work with embedded Linux software to support FPGA/ASIC logic.

Skills

FPGA & SoC development

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Embedded Linux

C/C++

Leadership & mentoring

Synthesis & STA

AMBA AXI/AHB/APB

Scripting (Python, Tcl)

Education

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Vivado

DFT/DFM

Python scripting

Job description

GreenWave Radios seeks an experienced Principal Engineer/Manager to lead a small team building next‑generation cellular infrastructure front haul gateway (FHGW) in FPGA/ASIC. You’ll own architecture, specs, and production flow, guiding a high‑performance programmable logic stack with embedded Linux software.

You will influence design across verification, firmware, and system engineering, mentoring engineers and driving results under tight schedules with cross‑functional partners.