Senior FPGA Engineer – DoD RFSoC & DSP Innovator

Fairwinds Technologies, L; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairwinds Technologies, LLC is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer to develop programmable logic for Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC, MPSoC, and Versal platforms. You will design, validate, and optimize FPGA-based signal processing and high‑speed data movement architectures, collaborating with DSP and embedded software teams.

The role emphasizes RTL design, simulation, timing closure, and hardware validation on PCB platforms, with close coordination across hardware, DSP, and RF domains to deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of FPGA design and development experience.
• Strong proficiency in Verilog and/or VHDL.
• Deep experience with RTL simulation tools such as Siemens Questa and Vivado Simulator.
• Hands-on experience using Xilinx Vivado for synthesis, implementation, timing closure, and debug.
• Experience with Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC and Versal devices; PCB‑based embedded systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and verify FPGA logic using Verilog and VHDL within the Xilinx Vivado toolchain for Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC, MPSoC and Versal devices.
• Develop programmable logic architectures for signal processing, control, and high‑speed data movement applications.
• Implement DSP algorithms into efficient FPGA fabric designs (filters, FFTs, channelizers, modulators, demodulators, decimation/interpolation).
• Work with embedded software engineers to define PL–PS interfaces (AXI‑Lite, AXI‑Stream, DMA, interrupts).
• Integrate FPGA designs with embedded processors and heterogeneous compute architectures (Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC, RFSoC, Versal).
• Perform functional simulation, static timing analysis, and resource optimization to meet performance, latency, and power constraints.
• Support FPGA bring‑up and debugging on custom PCB hardware using JTAG, ILA, and oscilloscopes.
• Develop test benches, validation strategies, and design documentation; support prototype‑to‑production transitions.

Skills

FPGA design

Verilog/VHDL

RTL simulation

Vivado tooling

DSP/embedded integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Siemens Questa

Vivado Simulator

Xilinx Vivado

Job description

Fairwinds Technologies, LLC is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer to develop programmable logic for Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC, MPSoC, and Versal platforms. You will design, validate, and optimize FPGA-based signal processing and high‑speed data movement architectures, collaborating with DSP and embedded software teams.

The role emphasizes RTL design, simulation, timing closure, and hardware validation on PCB platforms, with close coordination across hardware, DSP, and RF domains to deliver