FPGA Engineer

Job Title

FPGA Engineer

Role Summary

Join the FPGA engineering team to design, implement, and integrate FPGA-based subsystems for next-generation radar and sensor products. You will work closely with hardware, firmware, and software engineers to deliver production-ready FPGA capabilities for R&D and deployed systems.

Experience Level

Mid-level — requires 5+ years of professional FPGA/RTL design experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include developing FPGA designs and supporting their integration and deployment.

• Design and implement complex FPGA RTL targeting next-generation sensor products.
• Perform behavioral simulation, timing analysis, place-and-route, and hardware integration validation.
• Integrate FPGA designs with software systems and modify drivers/applications to validate designs.
• Support deployed FPGA capabilities for U.S. and international customers, including troubleshooting and updates.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams during R&D and product engineering cycles.
• Work full-time on-site in the Hawthorne, CA office.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and constraints.

• 5+ years of professional experience in detailed digital RTL design targeting FPGAs.
• Proven experience across the FPGA design lifecycle: RTL design, simulation, place and route, and timing analysis.
• Strong fluency in Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Extensive experience with ARM AMBA AXI protocols (AXI4, AXI4-Lite, AXI4-Stream).
• Experience with AMD/Xilinx Vivado toolchain and SoC FPGAs (Zynq, Ultrascale/Ultrascale+, Versal).
• Familiarity with network protocols (TCP/UDP/IP) and serial interfaces (I2C, JTAG, UART, SPI, CAN).
• Proficiency with Bash and Python for scripting and testing; ability to modify drivers/applications as needed.
• Experience working in Agile environments with CI practices and test-driven approaches.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate on small, cross-functional teams.
• U.S. Person status required to access U.S.-restricted data systems.

Nice-to-have / preferred:

• High-performance baseband signal processing implementation in FPGA.
• Translating algorithms from Simulink/MATLAB into RTL and using vendor IP.
• Driver development (C/C++/Python) and FPGA Ethernet IP (1G–100G).
• Experience with SDRs, analog transceivers, radar or airborne/ground sensor systems, time synchronization (NTP/PTP).
• HLS, VHDL, PCB design for high-speed digital boards, GPUs/AI engines, and CI tools (Bitbucket CI, Jenkins).
• Current or previous DoD security clearance.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or higher in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.

About the Company

Company: Chaos Industries

Headquarters: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Chaos Industries develops advanced sensing and detection systems for defense, aviation, and border protection using Coherent Distributed Networks. Founded in 2022 by U.S. military veterans and Silicon Valley engineers, the Los Angeles–based company focuses on radar and sensor products and has raised significant venture funding.