Senior Firmware & FPGA Engineer – Functional Safety

LHP Engineering Solutions; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LHP Engineering Solutions in Goleta, CA seeks a Senior Firmware/FPGA Engineer focused on Functional Safety & Verification to design, verify, and validate safety-critical firmware and FPGA-based solutions for automotive and transportation customers.

The role emphasizes low-level development, RTL verification, and IS0 26262–compliant work products with a strong IV&V focus. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and safety engineers is required.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Firmware development

RTL design & verification

Verilog/VHDL

Automotive functional safety

IVV/IV&V

FPGA formal verification

ISO 26262 awareness

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Verilog

VHDL

Job description

LHP Engineering Solutions in Goleta, CA seeks a Senior Firmware/FPGA Engineer focused on Functional Safety & Verification to design, verify, and validate safety-critical firmware and FPGA-based solutions for automotive and transportation customers.

The role emphasizes low-level development, RTL verification, and IS0 26262–compliant work products with a strong IV&V focus. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and safety engineers is required.