Senior FPGA Architect – High-Speed Embedded RF (Austin)

Ashton North LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship available

Job summary

Ashton North LLC in Austin, TX, is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to own the FPGA development lifecycle for advanced embedded computing products. Translate system requirements into FPGA architectures, lead implementation and verification, and collaborate with hardware and software teams to deliver robust solutions.

Applicants should have 7+ years in FPGA design, VHDL/Verilog, and hands-on experience with Vivado, RF interfaces, and high-speed serial interfaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or 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.
• Ownership of the FPGA development lifecycle from architecture to verification.
• Strong timing constraints and timing closure knowledge.
• Experience with DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, multi-gigabit Ethernet, or JESD204B/C.
• Experience with TCL, Python, C/C++, and Embedded Linux.
• Ability to review schematics with hardware engineers.

Responsibilities

• Translate system and customer requirements into FPGA architectures.
• Lead implementation, verification, and hardware validation.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable products.
• Review designs and establish sound engineering practices.
• Own the FPGA development lifecycle end-to-end.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/SystemVerilog

Verilog

Vivado

High-speed interfaces

DDR4/DDR5

RF interfaces

Python/C/C++

Embedded Linux

Schematic review

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

ModelSim

QuestaSim

IP tuning

FPGA IPs

ILAs

Job description

Ashton North LLC in Austin, TX, is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to own the FPGA development lifecycle for advanced embedded computing products. Translate system requirements into FPGA architectures, lead implementation and verification, and collaborate with hardware and software teams to deliver robust solutions.

Applicants should have 7+ years in FPGA design, VHDL/Verilog, and hands-on experience with Vivado, RF interfaces, and high-speed serial interfaces.