Senior FPGA Design Engineer – SDR Architect & Innovator

Epiq Solutions; Rolling Meadows, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching

Flexible work hours

Five-week sabbatical every five years

Job summary

Epiq Solutions seeks a Senior Staff Digital Design (FPGA) Engineer to design, implement, and optimize FPGA solutions for cutting-edge SDR products. You will work with software, mechanical, and systems teams to deliver high-performance hardware.

The role requires 7+ years of FPGA experience, HDLs proficiency, and hands-on verification, timing closure, and board-level integration expertise. Equal opportunity employer with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in FPGA design and development.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams to integrate and debug systems.
• Proficiency in hardware description languages (HDLs) such as VHDL or Verilog.
• Knowledge of PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204B/C, DDR interfaces and RF DSP on FPGAs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement complex FPGA designs including requirements analysis, specification, RTL coding, simulation, and verification.
• Optimize FPGA designs for performance, resource utilization, power, and cost.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to define board-level interfaces and ensure successful integration.
• Develop and maintain FPGA design documentation, including design specifications, test plans, and user guides.
• Participate in code reviews and promote best practices in RTL coding and design.
• Develop FPGA verification environments using self-checking testbenches and advanced verification methodologies.
• Debug and troubleshoot FPGA designs at hardware and system level.
• Mentor and coach junior staff on FPGA design techniques and industry standards.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical problem solving

Debug complex systems

Mentoring and coaching

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical / Computer Engineering / CS

Tools

HDLs (VHDL/Verilog)

Vivado / Vitis toolchain

AMD FPGAs / SoCs (Artix, Kintex, Zynq MPSoC, Versal)

Git / SVN version control

RF DSP techniques on FPGAs

Job description

Epiq Solutions seeks a Senior Staff Digital Design (FPGA) Engineer to design, implement, and optimize FPGA solutions for cutting-edge SDR products. You will work with software, mechanical, and systems teams to deliver high-performance hardware.

The role requires 7+ years of FPGA experience, HDLs proficiency, and hands-on verification, timing closure, and board-level integration expertise. Equal opportunity employer with competitive benefits.