Senior FPGA Engineer — Lead High-Speed Embedded Platforms

Your Talent Team; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Your Talent Team in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to own the FPGA development lifecycle for advanced embedded computing products. Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures, lead implementation and verification, and partner with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on design with RF interfaces, high-speed data paths, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, offering a direct-hire, full-time opportunity in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years 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.
• Ownership of FPGA development lifecycle including architecture, implementation, simulation and 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.
• Vivado Simulator and ILAs;
• Hands-on experience in Intel/ARM processor interfaces, DDR memory, MPSoC, or RFSoC.
• Ability to review schematics with hardware engineers.
• Demonstrated technical leadership and ownership of engineering deliverables.
• Experience with TCL, Python, C/C++, and Embedded Linux.
• Flexibility to work across hardware and software boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products.
• Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures.
• Lead implementation, verification, and hardware validation, collaborating with hardware and software teams.
• Deliver reliable products and contribute to lifecycle support and improvements.
• Collaborate across hardware and software disciplines to tackle multidisciplinary challenges

Skills

FPGA design

RF interface experience

VHDL/Verilog

Timing closure

High-speed interfaces

Python scripting

C/C++

Embedded Linux

Technical leadership

TCL scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Vivado

ModelSim/QuestaSim

LVDS/JESD204B/C interfaces

Job description

Your Talent Team in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to own the FPGA development lifecycle for advanced embedded computing products. Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures, lead implementation and verification, and partner with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable solutions.

The role emphasizes hands-on design with RF interfaces, high-speed data paths, and cross-disciplinary collaboration, offering a direct-hire, full-time opportunity in