Lead FPGA Design Engineer

Job Title

Lead FPGA Design Engineer

Role Summary

Lead technical ownership of FPGA architecture, RTL implementation, verification readiness, hardware bring-up, and cross-functional issue resolution for complex server, storage, networking, AI infrastructure, and rack-level platforms.

Work with system architects, hardware, firmware, validation, manufacturing, and customer teams to ensure programmable logic solutions meet system, schedule, manufacturability, and quality requirements.

Experience Level

Senior - typically 5–10 years of relevant FPGA or platform engineering experience.

Responsibilities

Accountable for technical leadership, FPGA development, validation, and cross-domain integration through delivery and manufacturing ramp.

• Lead FPGA development teams, run design reviews, and ensure requirements traceability.
• Act as technical liaison between system architects, program managers, and cross-functional partners.
• Plan and manage technical, cost, and schedule objectives; monitor risks and configuration.
• Lead hardware validation and lab-based debugging on PCBs using scopes, logic analyzers, and similar equipment.
• Investigate and close complex FPGA, hardware, and firmware integration issues during bring-up, validation, manufacturing ramp, and customer escalations.
• Support FPGA verification readiness, release criteria, and disciplined issue management.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote reusable design practices, coding standards, and documentation quality.
• Communicate technical direction, risks, tradeoffs, and status to leadership and stakeholders.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and abilities for the role.

• Expertise in FPGA design flows: RTL development, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, and constraints.
• Experience with FPGA toolchains and devices from vendors such as AMD/Xilinx or Intel/Altera (or equivalent platforms).
• Hands-on lab debug experience and familiarity with lab equipment and hardware bring-up procedures.
• Knowledge of standard digital interfaces and protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, PCIe, and JESD.
• Proven ability to lead technical decisions, perform root-cause analysis, and align multiple engineering disciplines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Preferred: experience with server, storage, networking, accelerator, or PCIe-based compute platforms; experience in manufacturing ramp and customer support.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field is required. Master’s degree is preferred. The posting specifies approximately 5–10 years of relevant FPGA design, programmable logic development, hardware integration, or platform engineering experience.

About the Company

Company: Jabil

Headquarters: St. Petersburg, Florida, United States

Global manufacturing services and engineering company that designs and manufactures electronic components, precision mechanical systems, and provides supply-chain, NPI, and contract manufacturing solutions across industries including semiconductor, healthcare, automotive, and consumer electronics.