Senior FPGA Architect - High-Speed Embedded (Austin)

Accounting Search; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Accounting Search is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in Austin, TX. The role focuses on owning the FPGA development lifecycle for advanced embedded computing products and translating system requirements into robust FPGA architectures.

You will lead implementation, verification, and collaboration with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable, high-performance products for defense, aerospace, and commercial applications.

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.

Responsibilities

• Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures.
• Lead implementation and verification, and collaborate with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable products.
• Own the FPGA development lifecycle from architecture to hardware validation.
• Review designs and help establish sound engineering practices across multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Xilinx Vivado

RF interfaces

DDR4/DDR5

Architecture definition

Python/C/C++

Embedded Linux

Hardware verification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Vivado

ModelSim/QuestaSim

Job description

Accounting Search is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in Austin, TX. The role focuses on owning the FPGA development lifecycle for advanced embedded computing products and translating system requirements into robust FPGA architectures.

You will lead implementation, verification, and collaboration with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable, high-performance products for defense, aerospace, and commercial applications.