FPGA Engineer

Job Title

FPGA Engineer

Role Summary

Design and verify FPGA-based digital systems for safety-critical aerospace and medical device programs. The role focuses on RTL development, verification, synthesis, timing closure, hardware integration, and lab bring-up while collaborating with systems, hardware, software, and test engineers.

This position is fully remote but requires travel to Colorado for design reviews and testing as needed.

Experience Level

Mid-level - typically requires 5+ years of hands-on FPGA design and development experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include:

• Design, develop, and implement FPGA digital systems using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
• Own the full FPGA lifecycle: requirements, architecture, RTL development, simulation, synthesis, and validation.
• Develop and execute verification strategies, including testbenches and simulation-based validation.
• Perform timing analysis, place-and-route, and optimization using tools such as Vivado, Quartus, or Libero.
• Integrate FPGA designs into hardware platforms and support system bring-up and lab validation; travel to Colorado when required.
• Support compliance with industry standards (for example DO-254, FDA/ISO) and contribute to design reviews and documentation.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware and firmware issues during development and testing.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and constraints:

• 5+ years of hands-on FPGA design and development experience.
• Strong proficiency in HDL languages (VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog).
• Experience with FPGA toolchains (Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, Microchip Libero).
• Knowledge of RTL design, digital design principles, and hardware interfaces.
• Experience with simulation, verification, and debugging tools.
• Familiarity with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, DDR, SPI, etc.).
• Ability to work from system-level requirements to implementation and verification and to collaborate across disciplines.
• Must be a US Person (U.S. citizen or permanent resident) due to the nature of the work.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience in aerospace (avionics, space) or medical device development.
• Familiarity with DO-254, ARINC protocols, or other safety-critical development processes.
• Experience with DSP or signal processing on FPGAs; programming skills in C/C++ or Python; embedded systems/SoC architecture experience.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

About the Company

Company: ALTEN Technology USA

Headquarters: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Engineering services firm providing product development, consulting, and project outsourcing across aerospace, medical devices, automotive, EVs, rail, and robotics. Part of the global ALTEN Group, supporting end-to-end engineering with ~3,000 experts in North America.