Senior FPGA Architect for High-Speed Embedded Systems

Ridgemont Resources, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Ridgemont Resources, Inc. is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in Austin to own FPGA development for embedded computing products.

You will translate system and customer requirements into robust architectures and lead implementation, verification, and cross-team collaboration to deliver reliable hardware and software integration. The role requires 7+ years in FPGA design with VHDL/Verilog, Vivado experience, and strong timing closure skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of FPGA design and development experience.
• Experience interfacing FPGAs with RF converters using LVDS, JESD204B/C, or RFSoC.
• Hands-on experience with AMD/Xilinx Vivado and high-speed FPGA design.
• Strong experience in VHDL and Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Demonstrated ownership of the FPGA development lifecycle, including architecture, requirements definition, implementation, simulation, and hardware verification.
• Strong understanding of timing constraints and timing closure.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces such as DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, multi-gigabit Ethernet, or JESD204B/C.
• Experience implementing and tuning high-speed serial-interface IP.
• Experience supporting FPGA/DSP carrier boards, FMC/RF converter modules, single-board computers, or other complex embedded computing products.
• Experience with Vivado Simulator and ILAs;
• Hands-on experience in at least one or more of: Intel/ARM processor interfaces, DDR memory, MPSoC, or RFSoC.
• Ability to review schematics and work closely with hardware design engineers.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, independent problem-solving, and ownership of engineering deliverables.
• Experience with TCL, Python, C/C++, and Embedded Linux.
• Flexibility to work across hardware and software boundaries and contribute to multidisciplinary engineering challenges.

Responsibilities

• Take technical ownership of FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products.
• Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures and lead implementation and verification.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable products.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/Verilog

Timing closure

Python scripting

C/C++

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Vivado

ModelSim

QuestaSim

ILAs

TCL scripting

Job description

Ridgemont Resources, Inc. is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in Austin to own FPGA development for embedded computing products.

You will translate system and customer requirements into robust architectures and lead implementation, verification, and cross-team collaboration to deliver reliable hardware and software integration. The role requires 7+ years in FPGA design with VHDL/Verilog, Vivado experience, and strong timing closure skills.