Senior FPGA Engineer - Lead High-Speed FPGA & RF in Austin

RRC Solutions Group; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship for U.S. work

Travel minimal

Job summary

RRC Solutions Group in Austin, TX, seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer to own FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products. You will translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures and lead implementation with hardware and software teams to ensure reliable delivery.

The role covers timing closure, RF converter interfaces, DDR/PCIe, and high-speed serial IP, with opportunities to mentor colleagues and shape engineering practices across disciplines.

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.
• 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 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 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 technical ownership of FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products.
• Translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures.
• Lead implementation and verification, and collaborate with hardware and software teams to deliver reliable products.

Skills

FPGA design

Verilog

SystemVerilog

VHDL

Vivado

Timing closure

RF interface design

DDR4/DDR5

PCIe

Ethernet

JESD204B/C

Python

C/C++

Embedded Linux

TCL scripting

Schematic review

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

AMD/Xilinx Vivado

Vivado Simulator

ILAs

ModelSim/QuestaSim

Job description

RRC Solutions Group in Austin, TX, seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer to own FPGA development for advanced embedded computing products. You will translate system and customer requirements into robust FPGA architectures and lead implementation with hardware and software teams to ensure reliable delivery.

The role covers timing closure, RF converter interfaces, DDR/PCIe, and high-speed serial IP, with opportunities to mentor colleagues and shape engineering practices across disciplines.