Senior Firmware & FPGA Engineer – Automotive Safety

LHP, Inc.; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

LHP, Inc. seeks a Senior Firmware / FPGA Engineer - Functional Safety & Verification to advance safety-critical automotive systems in Goleta, CA. You will design, verify, and validate firmware and FPGA solutions with a strong focus on RTL and IV&V.

Join a team dedicated to ISO 26262-compliant work products and collaborate with system, hardware, and safety engineers to deliver robust, safety-focused technology.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.
• 5+ years of firmware/FPGA development experience.
• Experience with Verilog/VHDL for low-level firmware.
• Hands-on RTL design and verification experience.
• IVV RTL experience and FPGA Formal Verification experience.
• Automotive Functional Safety experience and safety-related firmware work products.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop low-level firmware and FPGA/RTL logic for safety-critical automotive systems.
• Perform RTL verification using simulation and formal verification techniques.
• Lead Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) activities for firmware and programmable logic.
• Develop firmware and FPGA verification plans, test environments, and automated tests.
• Write and maintain firmware tests and safety mechanism validation tests.
• Produce Functional Safety-compliant firmware work products aligned with ISO 26262.
• Collaborate with system, hardware, safety, and test engineers.

Skills

Verilog/VHDL

RTL design

IVV RTL

FPGA verification

Automotive FS experience

Firmware tests

Education

Bachelors in EE/CE/CS

Job description

LHP, Inc. seeks a Senior Firmware / FPGA Engineer - Functional Safety & Verification to advance safety-critical automotive systems in Goleta, CA. You will design, verify, and validate firmware and FPGA solutions with a strong focus on RTL and IV&V.

Join a team dedicated to ISO 26262-compliant work products and collaborate with system, hardware, and safety engineers to deliver robust, safety-focused technology.