Senior FPGA Architect — High-Performance Embedded Systems

Henderson Group Recruiting; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship (U.S. citizen/Green卡)

Job summary

Henderson Group in Austin, TX seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer to own FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products, translating system requirements into robust FPGA architectures and leading implementation, verification, and hardware validation with hardware and software teams.

The role focuses on high-speed design, RF converter interfaces, and delivering new products while maintaining existing ones. Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship are available where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years 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 the following areas: 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

• Lead FPGA development lifecycle from architecture to hardware validation.
• Collaborate with hardware/software teams on embedded computing platforms.
• Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures.
• Deliver reliable products and contribute to product development lifecycle.

Skills

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/PC Eng

7+ years FPGA design

LVDS/JESD204B/C RF interfaces

VHDL

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Xilinx Vivado

Timing closure

DDR4/DDR5 interfaces

PCIe

High-speed serial interfaces

IP core development

FPGA/DSP carrier boards & FMC/RF

C/C++

Python scripting

Embedded Linux

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

Vivado

ModelSim/QuestaSim

ILAs (Rust?)

Job description

Henderson Group in Austin, TX seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer to own FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products, translating system requirements into robust FPGA architectures and leading implementation, verification, and hardware validation with hardware and software teams.

The role focuses on high-speed design, RF converter interfaces, and delivering new products while maintaining existing ones. Relocation assistance and visa sponsorship are available where applicable.