Senior FPGA Engineer - High-Speed Embedded Systems

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

Travel minimal

Job summary

KingRecruitingServices seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer in Austin, TX to lead FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products. You will translate system requirements, drive architecture, and oversee implementation and verification in collaboration with hardware and software teams.

You will work across DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, and RF interfaces, applying VHDL/Verilog, and leveraging Vivado tools while advancing new product development with a focus on reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of 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.
• Demonstrated ownership of the FPGA development lifecycle, including architecture, requirements definition, implementation, simulation, and 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 at least one or more of the following areas: 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 ownership of FPGA development lifecycle from architecture to hardware verification.
• Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures.
• Lead implementation and verification and collaborate with hardware/software teams.
• Contribute to new product development and ongoing maintenance of existing products.
• Collaborate across hardware and software to tackle complex engineering challenges.

Skills

FPGA design

7+ years FPGA design

LVDS interfaces

RFSoC integration

VHDL

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Timing closure

DDR4/DDR5

PCIe

Embedded Linux

Python/C/C++

TCL

Schematic review

Hardware debugging

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Vivado

ModelSim/QuestaSim

ILAs

Job description

KingRecruitingServices seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer in Austin, TX to lead FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products. You will translate system requirements, drive architecture, and oversee implementation and verification in collaboration with hardware and software teams.

You will work across DDR4/DDR5, PCIe, and RF interfaces, applying VHDL/Verilog, and leveraging Vivado tools while advancing new product development with a focus on reliability and performance.