Sr. FPGA Engineer

ManpowerGroup; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 204,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Health Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Award

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short/Long Term Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

401(k) Plus Match

Weekly Pay

Job summary

Aerospace and Defense is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer in Santa Ana, CA, to join the FPGA Design and Integration team. Lead architecture, RTL design, and verification efforts for production-ready FPGA solutions.

Collaborate across electrical, firmware/software, test, manufacturing, and supply chain to deliver robust designs. The role requires 8+ years in FPGA design with VHDL/Verilog, hands-on tooling (Vivado/Quartus), and a strong track record of timing closure in high-reliability

Qualifications

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or closely related field.
• 8+ years of professional FPGA design in aerospace/defense/high-reliability systems.
• Experience with FPGA architecture, RTL design, verification, and timing closure.
• Proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain FPGA-based digital logic for products across the full lifecycle.
• Build FPGA architectures and RTL designs using VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog based on requirements.
• Own the FPGA development flow including simulation, verification, debugging, synthesis, implementation, timing analysis, and optimization.
• Create FPGA verification strategies, test benches, and hardware validation activities.
• Integrate FPGA designs with processors, memory, clocks, and high-speed interfaces; troubleshoot across FPGA, electrical, and firmware boundaries.

Skills

FPGA architecture

RTL design

Timing closure

Hardware verification

VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog

FPGA tooling (Vivado/Quartus)

Education

Electrical or Computer Engineering degree

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

Job description

Our client, Aerospace and Defense is seeking a Sr. FPGA Engineer to join their team. As a Sr. FPGA Engineer, you will be part of the Engineering organization supporting the FPGA Design and Integration team. The ideal candidate will have strong FPGA architecture and RTL design expertise, a proven track record in verification and timing closure, and the ability to collaborate across electrical, firmware/software, test, manufacturing, and supply chain partners to deliver production-ready solutions.

Job Title: Sr. FPGA Engineer

Location: Santa Ana, California

Pay Range: Up to $185000

What's the Job?

• Design, develop, implement, and maintain FPGA-based digital logic solutions for new and existing products across the full lifecycle.

• Build FPGA architectures and RTL designs using VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog based on system and product requirements.

• Own the FPGA development flow including simulation, functional verification, debugging, synthesis, implementation, timing analysis, and design optimization.

• Create and execute FPGA verification strategies, test benches, and hardware validation activities to confirm performance and requirements compliance.

• Integrate FPGA designs with processors, memory, clocks, high-speed interfaces, and other board-level hardware; troubleshoot issues across FPGA, electrical, and firmware/software boundaries.

What's Needed?

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.

• Minimum of 8 years of professional engineering experience with significant hands-on FPGA design and development in aerospace, defense, communications, or other high-reliability electronic systems.

• Demonstrated experience with FPGA architecture, RTL design, simulation, synthesis, implementation, timing closure, and hardware verification.

• Proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog, with experience writing maintainable, reusable FPGA code.

• Hands-on experience with FPGA development tools such as AMD/Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, or comparable toolsets.

What's in it for me?

• Opportunity to drive FPGA architecture and digital logic design for high-reliability aerospace and defense applications.

• Chance to strengthen your end-to-end FPGA skills—from prototype bring-up and lab testing through production troubleshooting and resolution.

• Collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, maintainable designs that meet performance, quality, and production requirements.

• Exposure to board-level integration, DFM considerations, and long-term product sustainability through obsolescence planning and migration.

• Engagement in design reviews and technical guidance to improve coding practices, verification approaches, and implementation strategies.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

• Dental Plan

• Vision Plan

• Health Savings Account

• Health Flexible Spending Account

• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

• Supplemental Life Insurance

• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance

• Business Travel Insurance

• 401(k), Plus Match

• Weekly Pay

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