Senior Firmware & FPGA Engineer - Functional Safety IV&V

LHP, Inc.; Goleta, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

LHP Engineering Solutions in Goleta, CA is seeking a Senior Firmware/FPGA Engineer focused on Functional Safety and Verification. You will design, develop, verify, and validate safety-critical firmware and FPGA-based solutions for automotive systems, with emphasis on RTL, IVV, and ISO 26262 compliance.

The role requires collaboration with system, hardware, safety, and test teams in a safety-driven environment, leveraging Verilog/VHDL expertise and formal verification techniques.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
• 5+ years of experience in firmware and/or FPGA development.
• 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

Verilog/VHDL

RTL verification

IVV

Automotive functional safety

Technical communication

Education

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

Job description

LHP Engineering Solutions in Goleta, CA is seeking a Senior Firmware/FPGA Engineer focused on Functional Safety and Verification. You will design, develop, verify, and validate safety-critical firmware and FPGA-based solutions for automotive systems, with emphasis on RTL, IVV, and ISO 26262 compliance.

The role requires collaboration with system, hardware, safety, and test teams in a safety-driven environment, leveraging Verilog/VHDL expertise and formal verification techniques.