Senior FPGA Engineer - Onsite Boston, Equity & Impact

Ayo Semiconductor; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Ayo Semiconductor is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design, implement, and verify FPGA-based systems central to our chip development. You will deploy RTL in Verilog or VHDL, work with embedded C/C++ on FPGA SoCs, and collaborate closely with AI and hardware teams on prototypes.

You will be the first FPGA engineer on the hardware team, responsible for end-to-end ownership and rapid iteration in a hands-on, onsite role based in Boston.

Qualifications

• RTL proficiency in Verilog or VHDL is required.
• Industry FPGA deployment experience is essential.
• Strong general programming ability beyond RTL.
• Exposure to ASIC verification workflows is a bonus.
• Undergraduate or Master’s degree preferred; PhD not required.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test FPGA-based systems for chip verification and prototype development.
• Deploy RTL code targeting FPGAs in prototype hardware.
• Develop embedded C/C++ code for embedded processors on FPGA system-on-chips.
• Perform FPGA trade studies and assess pin mappings on development circuit cards.
• Assist bring-up and test of PCBs and prototypes with peripheral interfaces (ADCs, DACs, memory).
• Collaborate with ASIC engineers to build test benches for ASICs and prototypes.
• Upgrade and scale existing FPGA infrastructure as the company grows.

Skills

RTL proficiency

Verilog/VHDL

FPGA deployment experience

General programming

Embedded systems

ASIC verification exposure

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Xilinx/AMD FPGA

Lattice

Intel/Altera

Job description

Ayo Semiconductor is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design, implement, and verify FPGA-based systems central to our chip development. You will deploy RTL in Verilog or VHDL, work with embedded C/C++ on FPGA SoCs, and collaborate closely with AI and hardware teams on prototypes.

You will be the first FPGA engineer on the hardware team, responsible for end-to-end ownership and rapid iteration in a hands-on, onsite role based in Boston.