Senior FPGA Engineer: Lead High-Speed Embedded Systems

KLA Industries, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

KLA Industries, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to own the FPGA development lifecycle for advanced embedded computing products. Translate requirements into robust FPGA architectures and lead implementation and verification with hardware and software teams.

Expect collaboration across disciplines, emphasis on high-speed interfaces, and a focus on new product development while improving existing designs and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical or 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: architecture, requirements, implementation, simulation, and hardware verification.
• Strong understanding of timing constraints and timing closure.
• Experience with 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 modules, SBCs, or other embedded computing products.
• Vivado Simulator and ILAs experience.
• Experience with Intel/ARM processor interfaces, DDR memory, MPSoC, or RFSoC.
• Ability to review schematics and work 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 technical ownership of FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products.
• Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures.
• Lead implementation and verification and coordinate with hardware and software teams.
• Collaborate across multidisciplinary teams to deliver reliable products.
• Contribute to best engineering practices and process improvements.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

Verilog/SystemVerilog

C/C++

Python

Embedded Linux

Independent problem solving

Technical leadership

Schematic review

Timing closure

Education

Bachelors in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related

Tools

Vivado

Vivado Simulator/ILAs

ModelSim/QuestaSim

Schematic/PCB tools

Job description

KLA Industries, Inc. in Austin, TX is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to own the FPGA development lifecycle for advanced embedded computing products. Translate requirements into robust FPGA architectures and lead implementation and verification with hardware and software teams.

Expect collaboration across disciplines, emphasis on high-speed interfaces, and a focus on new product development while improving existing designs and processes.