Senior FPGA Firmware Engineer for High-Speed SoC & Sensors

The Judge Group, INC.; Westminster (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off and holidays

Retirement savings program

Professional development opportunities

Collaborative engineering environment

Job summary

The Judge Group, INC. in Westminster, CO seeks an experienced FPGA Firmware Engineer to lead the design, development, and verification of FPGA-based digital systems and embedded firmware for advanced sensing technologies.

You will implement RTL in VHDL/Verilog, develop embedded firmware for adaptive SoCs, enable high‑speed interfaces, and collaborate with electrical, software, and systems teams across the full product lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, CS, or related field.
• 5+ years experience developing FPGA logic and embedded firmware for high-reliability systems.
• Proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog; FPGA design and verification methodologies.
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx tools including Vivado and Vitis.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and verify FPGA logic (RTL) for sensing and data-processing systems.
• Develop embedded firmware for adaptive SoCs and microcontrollers.
• Interface sensor/ detector timing, control, calibration, and data acquisition functions.
• Develop high-speed data interfaces and onboard DSP pipelines.
• Support hardware bring-up, debugging, integration, and validation.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across the product lifecycle.
• Integrate third-party IP cores and hardware technologies; ensure traceability to requirements.
• Perform verification including simulation, testbenches, timing analysis, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Evaluate architecture tradeoffs and contribute to design decisions.
• Document designs, test results, and engineering recommendations.

Skills

FPGA Design and Verification

Embedded Firmware Development

VHDL / Verilog

C/C++

High-Speed Data Interfaces

DSP / Signal Processing

Hardware Integration & Debugging

System Validation & Testing

US Government Clearance

Education

Bachelor's / Master's in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Vivado

Vitis

AMD Versal / Zynq / Adaptive SoC

Job description

The Judge Group, INC. in Westminster, CO seeks an experienced FPGA Firmware Engineer to lead the design, development, and verification of FPGA-based digital systems and embedded firmware for advanced sensing technologies.

You will implement RTL in VHDL/Verilog, develop embedded firmware for adaptive SoCs, enable high‑speed interfaces, and collaborate with electrical, software, and systems teams across the full product lifecycle.