Senior FPGA Architect: High-Speed Embedded & RF Interfaces

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

Job summary

NPAworldwide is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in Austin, TX to own FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products. You will translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures and lead implementation and verification with hardware and software teams.

Join a team that values technical depth, independence, and accountability, and contribute to high-speed interfaces, RF converters, and complex embedded platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 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.
• Ownership of the FPGA development lifecycle: architecture, requirements, implementation, simulation, 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 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.
• Lead implementation and verification, and collaborate with hardware and software teams.
• Deliver reliable products and support established platforms throughout their lifecycle.

Skills

FPGA design

High-speed interfaces

VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog

Lifecycle ownership

Python scripting

C/C++

Embedded Linux

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Vivado

JESD204B/C

ILAs

ModelSim

QuestaSim

RFSoC

Job description

NPAworldwide is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in Austin, TX to own FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products. You will translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures and lead implementation and verification with hardware and software teams.

Join a team that values technical depth, independence, and accountability, and contribute to high-speed interfaces, RF converters, and complex embedded platforms.