FPGA Engineer

Job Title

FPGA Engineer

Role Summary

Design, verify, and integrate FPGA/CPLD-based digital hardware for high-reliability embedded aerospace and ground-vehicle systems. Work with hardware engineers and program leads through requirements, RTL implementation, verification, prototype evaluation and system integration.

Experience Level

Mid-level. Candidate should have substantial FPGA/HDL experience; the posting expects roughly 5–10+ years of relevant circuit and digital hardware experience.

Responsibilities

Primary engineering activities and ownership areas include:

• Generate requirements, perform RTL design, synthesis, and static timing analysis.
• Develop and maintain test benches and run design simulations (UVM-based testbenches expected).
• Perform power analysis and requirements-based design verification.
• Support prototype evaluation, design reviews, qualification testing, and system integration.
• Provide production and obsolescence support and contribute to design-to-cost tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers and management to enhance and extend applications.
• Build, test, and debug hardware; verify electrical integrity of FPGA integration on circuit cards.
• Contribute engineering estimates for hardware tasks and follow internal development processes and tools.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and attributes:

• Strong experience with VHDL and SystemVerilog for FPGA/CPLD design.
• Experience developing UVM test benches and verification environments.
• Proven ability to design HDL-based FPGAs and CPLDs for embedded systems.
• Knowledge of digital electronic devices and circuit design principles.
• Hands-on hardware build, integration, and lab test experience.
• Experience integrating FPGAs onto digital circuit cards and ensuring electrical integrity.
• Familiarity with tools for timing and signal integrity analysis; Timing Designer and HyperLynx are a plus.
• Experience using Matlab/Simulink for auto-generation of FPGA code.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills; self-motivated.
• Willingness to travel up to ~25%.
• DO-254 experience for aerospace projects is required.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) with roughly 5–10+ years of relevant work experience, or a Master’s degree with ~3+ years of relevant experience. Field: Electrical/Electronic Engineering or closely related technical discipline. (Education and experience equivalency referenced by the posting.)

About the Company

Company: EndoSec

Headquarters: Madison, WI, USA

Developer of hardware security solutions specializing in FPGA-based IP cores, cryptographic implementations, and embedded system integration for secure hardware and verification applications.