Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field required.
5+ years of experience in FPGA design, implementation, and testing.
Extensive experience with embedded hardware for FPGA and embedded processing designs.
Familiarity with cutting-edge Xilinx/Intel components and relevant tools (Vivado, Quartus).
Understanding of digital communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART) is essential.
Experience with ARM and GPU integrated embedded applications is preferred.
Active Secret or Top Secret clearance or eligibility to obtain one is desirable.
Responsibilities
Design and verify RTL modules for FPGA applications.
Manage FPGA design process from architecture to hardware bring-up.
Lead initial testing and validation of FPGA circuit cards and peripherals.
Automate testing environments and manage lab equipment and measurement tools.
Document design trade-offs, state machine flow, and system architecture.
Benefits
Opportunity to work with a talented, interdisciplinary engineering team.
Engage with cutting-edge technology in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
Career advancement opportunities within a high-growth company.
Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art RF applications.
Potential for security clearance sponsorship for eligible candidates.
Full Job Description
Job objective: This is an exciting role an innovative, high-growth defense technology company. The ideal candidate for the position is someone who has experience designing, verifying, and integrating state-of-the-art FPGA systems and embedded processing solutions for RF applications. As a Sr. FPGA Engineer, you will work closely with a talented, multi-disciplinary engineering team in a fast-paced environment to apply emerging technologies in innovative ways to rapidly produce new products. Duties
Design and verification of RTL modules for FPGA applications
Ownership of entire FPGA designs from initial architecture trades through implementation, verification, and hardware bringup, including FPGA sizing estimation and IO planning.
Lead initial testing and bring-up of custom FPGA circuit cards, validating functionality of on-board peripherals including memory interfaces, Ethernet controllers, and integrated sensors.
Automating test environment (up to and including hardware-in-the-loop testing), lab equipment, and measurement devices
Capturing design tradeoffs, state machine flow, system address maps, and block diagrams
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
5+ years of experience in FPGA design, implementation, and testing
Extensive experience implementing FPGA designs and embedded processing designs on embedded hardware
Experience working with latest generation state-of-the-art Xilinx/Intel Parts and associated tool sets (Vivado, Quartus)
Understanding of common digital communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)
Development Experience of Integrated Embedded Applications (ARM, GPU)
Experience with standard bus and streaming protocols, such as AXI and AXI-Stream
Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery processes
Active Secret or Top Secret clearance, or ability to obtain one desired but not required.
Desired Qualifications
Experience with design automation, scripting languages (TCL, Python, Perl, Matlab)
Knowledge of Advanced Firmware Verification Testbench Development (UVM, System Verilog)
Skilled with Advanced High-Speed Verilog/VHDL Designs including High Speed Memory Interfaces (DDR4, HBM) and High Speed SerDes IO and Protocols (100GE, JESD204B, Interlaken)
Experience implementing Complex DSP Algorithms on FPGAs using tools such as Matlab, Simulink, HDL Coder to implement advanced communications or other designs in FPGA
Experience collaborating with software engineering team in an SoC environment to develop designs that incorporate HDL combined with embedded Linux
Good written and oral communication skills
Collaborative; capable of working across all levels of the organization
Organized; comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
ITAR REQUIREMENTS:
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
As required by the Equal Pay Transparency Act, Epirus provides a reasonable range of minimum compensation for roles that may be hired. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific office location.
For the state of California only, the range of starting pay for this role is:
