Senior FPGA Engineer

Cohu, Inc.; Norwood (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Cohu, Inc. is seeking a Senior FPGA design engineer to drive innovative FPGA solutions for its Semiconductor Test Group in Norwood, MA. You will contribute across the full product lifecycle from concept to manufacturing, designing high-speed interfaces and memory subsystems.

You will collaborate with fellow FPGA designers and software/hardware engineers to deliver robust test instruments, and you will document work and manage configurations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD in a relevant field.
• Minimum 7 years of experience with RTL and FPGAs.
• Expertise with RTL design and simulation.
• Experience with AMD (Xilinx) or Altera tools.
• Proficiency using simulation tools such as Modelsim, VCS, or Xcelium.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team and follow through on assignments with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Design FPGA solutions for semiconductor test instruments across multiple families.
• Lead RTL design and simulation efforts for high-speed interfaces and memory subsystems (PCIe, DDR4/5).
• Collaborate with software and hardware engineers to integrate test instruments.
• Perform board-level debug and lab bring-up; manage revisions and configurations.
• Generate technical documentation and reports.

Skills

RTL design

FPGAs

System-level design

Python

C/C++

Attention to detail

Education

BS/MS/PhD in a relevant field

Tools

Modelsim

VCS

Xcelium

AMD Xilinx tools

Altera tools

Job description

Seeking a Senior FPGA design engineer with 7 to 15 years of experience. In this role, you will drive innovative solutions in the Semiconductor Test Group at Cohu. At Cohu, semiconductor test solutions span digital, RF, and mixed signal applications.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This role is an exciting opportunity to design challenging solutions for semiconductor test instruments. You will be involved in all stages of product development from initial concept through release to manufacturing. You will be working alongside other FPGA designers as well as collaborating with software and hardware engineers to drive compelling FPGA solutions to solve complex system requirements. This role is for FPGA implementation to support key functions across multiple test instrument families. This includes:

• High speed PCIe
• High bandwidth DDR memory
• Waveform generation and digitization
• DSP implementation
• Precision analog signal control and calibration

Work activities involve:

• FPGA design using AMD and Intel FPGA devices
• RTL design and simulation
• System-level FPGA architecture definition and translation of instrument requirements into RTL implementations
• High-speed interfacesand memory subsystem design including JESD, PCIe, DMA, and DDR4/5
• Board-level debug, and lab bring-up using standard lab equipment
• Revision control and configuration management
• Collaboration with software and hardware engineers to ensure proper integration of a complete test instrument
• Interaction with other functional groups and coordination with outside design resources
• Must be a self-motivated individual to work in a fast-paced environment
• Generation of technical documentation and reports

Required Qualifications:

• BS, MS, or PhD
• Minimum 7 years of experience with RTL and FPGAs
• Expertise with RTL design and simulation
• Experience with AMD (Xilinx) or Altera tools
• Proficiency using simulation tools such as Modelsim, VCS, or Xcelium
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team and follow through on assignments with minimal supervision
• Attention to detail and high degree of accuracy

Desired Qualifications:

• Working knowledge of Python
• Working knowledge of C/C++
• Experience with AMD (Xilinx) or Altera SoC devices and toolchains

Job Info

• Job Identification 302302
• Posting Date 07/29/2026, 09:25 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Job Shift 1st
• Locations 825 University Avenue, Norwood, MA, 02062, US