Senior FPGA & RTL Engineer for HAPS Prototyping

Synopsys Inc; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Synopsys Inc. seeks an experienced FPGA/RTL engineer to advance HAPS prototyping platforms, enabling real customer designs to run before silicon.

You will own RTL modification, synthesis, timing closure, and hardware validation on AMD/Xilinx devices, while collaborating with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams. You will build production-ready test frameworks, automate high-speed interfaces, perform PRBS testing, and analyze eye diagrams to ensure robust prototypes for customer validation

Qualifications

• 10+ years of FPGA and RTL design experience.
• Expert-level proficiency in SystemVerilog and Verilog for RTL design.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++ and Python with production-quality software experience.
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx FPGA synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure.

Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA-optimized implementations for HAPS platforms, addressing capacity limits and timing closures.
• Own the full FPGA development cycle from RTL modification through synthesis and hardware validation.
• Drive board and system bring-up for HAPS prototyping hardware and perform debugging on complex RTL issues.
• Develop production-ready test frameworks and automation tools using Python and C/C++.
• Build and maintain multi-FPGA solutions including partitioning strategies and inter-FPGA protocols.
• Collaborate across architecture, hardware, software, manufacturing and verification teams.

Skills

SystemVerilog

RTL design

Python scripting

C/C++

Vivado flow

Xilinx tools

Clock domain crossing

Debugging hardware

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscope

Logic Analyzer

Protocol Analyzer

Spectrum Analyzer

Vivado

Job description

Synopsys Inc. seeks an experienced FPGA/RTL engineer to advance HAPS prototyping platforms, enabling real customer designs to run before silicon.

You will own RTL modification, synthesis, timing closure, and hardware validation on AMD/Xilinx devices, while collaborating with hardware, software, and manufacturing teams. You will build production-ready test frameworks, automate high-speed interfaces, perform PRBS testing, and analyze eye diagrams to ensure robust prototypes for customer validation