Our client is currently seeking an FPGA Engineer for their Chicago office. They are seeking a candidate that has a strong understanding of software and hardware interaction. The successful candidate will participate in the full development lifecycle, including system and block level testing of low latency, high throughput FPGA design.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and implement new FPGA applications (synthesis, place & route, static timing analysis, documentation)
- Research and evaluate a variety of cutting-edge FPGA hardware and technologies
- Maintain & enhance the existing hardware code base
- Liaise directly with software and other design teams
- Conduct lab debugging and characterization of new hardware
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher, Computer/Electrical Engineering with 3+ years of experience within the field; (Master’s degree or higher also counts for experience)
- Solid Hardware Engineering experience, especially with FPGA
- Strong skills in RTL logic design (Verilog) and verification; 2+ years of experience writing Verilog
- Experience in FPGA design flow including synthesis, place & route , static timing analysis is required
- Experience with the design of system-on-chip (SOC) architectures, memory & processor subsystems, networking, and peripheral interconnect is required
- Knowledge of the TCP/IP stack
- Strong working knowledge of either XILINX or ALTERA FPGA design flow
- Experience with functional verification utilizing high-level methodologies (e.g. System Verilog) is a plus.
- Excellent research and data gathering skills
