Senior FPGA & Digital Design Engineer – Test Instruments

Teradyne; Tualatin (OR); On-site; USD 155,000 - 248,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradyne in Oregon is seeking a Semiconductor Design Engineer to drive architecture, verification, and lab validation of advanced test instrumentation within the Compute Test Division. You will lead FPGA-based projects, collaborating across hardware, software, systems, and verification teams to ensure robust, scalable designs.

The ideal candidate brings deep FPGA experience, strong digital logic design skills, and hands-on work with Verilog, SystemVerilog, Python, and VHDL, plus familiarity with

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years in hardware development with emphasis on digital logic and FPGA design.
• Strong FPGA toolchain experience (Xilinx/Intel) and timing analysis expertise.
• Proficient in Verilog, SystemVerilog; familiarity with VHDL, C/C++, Python.
• Experience with PCIe, SERDES, DDRx, USB, I2C, SPI, and high-speed interfaces.
• Background in Windows and Linux, and CI methodologies; strong debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, verification, and lab validation for test instruments and systems.
• Develop scalable, high-performance digital design solutions with maintainability in mind.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, systems, and design verification teams to define requirements.
• Build and execute product integration, verification testing, debugging, and prototyping.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership for FPGA projects.
• Drive process improvements and tool evaluations to sustain engineering excellence.

Skills

Digital logic design

FPGA physical design

Verilog

SystemVerilog

Python

C/C++

PCIe/SerDes interfaces

Xilinx/Intel FPGAs

Timing analysis

Troubleshooting

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Cadence Xcelium

Synopsys SpyGlass CDC/LINT

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

Git

JIRA

CI tools

Job description

Teradyne in Oregon is seeking a Semiconductor Design Engineer to drive architecture, verification, and lab validation of advanced test instrumentation within the Compute Test Division. You will lead FPGA-based projects, collaborating across hardware, software, systems, and verification teams to ensure robust, scalable designs.

The ideal candidate brings deep FPGA experience, strong digital logic design skills, and hands-on work with Verilog, SystemVerilog, Python, and VHDL, plus familiarity with