Senior Firmware & FPGA Engineer – IV&V for Safety

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

Job summary

LHP, Inc. in California seeks a Senior Firmware / FPGA Engineer focused on Functional Safety and IV&V to design and verify safety-critical firmware and FPGA logic for automotive systems.

You will work on low-level firmware with Verilog/VHDL, perform RTL verification, contribute to safety case artifacts, and collaborate with system, hardware, and test engineers in a cross-functional environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, 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

RTL verification

Verilog/VHDL

IVV RTL

Automotive FS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering/CS

Tools

FPGA toolchains

Formal verification tools

Job description

LHP, Inc. in California seeks a Senior Firmware / FPGA Engineer focused on Functional Safety and IV&V to design and verify safety-critical firmware and FPGA logic for automotive systems.

You will work on low-level firmware with Verilog/VHDL, perform RTL verification, contribute to safety case artifacts, and collaborate with system, hardware, and test engineers in a cross-functional environment.