Staff FPGA Engineer - High-Speed Test Systems

Teradyne; North Reading (MA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Tuition assistance

Paid vacation

Job summary

Teradyne in North Reading, MA, seeks a Staff FPGA Engineer to design and deliver high-performance FPGA-based solutions within our Compute Test Division. You will lead FPGA projects from requirements through bring-up, work across hardware, software, and systems teams, and influence timing, power, and interface choices at the system level.

The role requires 5+ years FPGA design, Verilog/SystemVerilog, and experience with Xilinx/Intel toolchains; you will mentor others and help advance

Qualifications

• 5+ years FPGA design and development experience.
• Strong Verilog/SystemVerilog for design and debugging.
• Experience with AMD (Xilinx) and/or Intel FPGA toolchains.
• Strong understanding of digital design fundamentals and schematics.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces like PCIe, DDR, SerDes.
• Knowledge of protocols such as AXI4, USB, I2C, SPI.
• Ability to bring up and debug FPGA designs on hardware.
• TCL and Python scripting for automation; version control workflows.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills.
• Preferred: SystemVerilog verification (UVM); AI tools for design.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA solutions from requirements through implementation and bring-up.
• Develop high-performance FPGA logic with complex interfaces and subsystem integration, plus TCL and Python tooling.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, systems, and design verification teams to deliver cohesive system-level solutions.
• Support timing closure, resource optimization, lab bring-up, debugging, and root-cause analysis using JTAG.
• Partner on PCB and system design decisions that affect FPGA performance and integration.
• Mentor less experienced engineers and provide technical guidance across the team.

Skills

FPGA design

Verilog/SystemVerilog

TCL scripting

Python scripting

PCIe/SerDes

Tools

Xilinx/AMD tools

Intel FPGA tools

Job description

Teradyne in North Reading, MA, seeks a Staff FPGA Engineer to design and deliver high-performance FPGA-based solutions within our Compute Test Division. You will lead FPGA projects from requirements through bring-up, work across hardware, software, and systems teams, and influence timing, power, and interface choices at the system level.

The role requires 5+ years FPGA design, Verilog/SystemVerilog, and experience with Xilinx/Intel toolchains; you will mentor others and help advance