Principal Architecture Engineer

Role Summary

The FPGA Architecture Team at Lattice Semiconductor is seeking a Principal FPGA Architect to lead a team focused on shaping the next generation of FPGA architectures and tools. This role emphasizes hands-on FPGA implementation and analysis while collaborating closely with various teams to influence hardware and tool development.

Experience Level

Senior level position; specific years of experience not specified.

Responsibilities

The Principal Architect will:

• Build, mentor, and lead a team of FPGA architecture evaluation and analysis engineers.
• Define and execute a strategy for RTL-based FPGA architecture evaluation, using realistic workloads and design patterns.
• Implement, synthesize, place-and-route, and analyze complex FPGA designs across multiple architectures and process generations.
• Evaluate architectural tradeoffs related to logic, routing, memory, DSP, and interconnect structures.
• Provide clear, data-driven feedback to FPGA architecture teams regarding hardware feature definition and optimization.
• Correlate architectural hypotheses with RTL results, post-P&R data, and silicon measurements.
• Drive design-space exploration using RTL and FPGA tools.
• Partner with EDA, software, and silicon teams to translate architectural intent into results.
• Represent the evaluation team in architectural reviews and cross-functional forums.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications:

• Strong background in FPGA architecture design and evaluation.
• Experience with RTL design and implementation.
• Familiarity with EDA tools and FPGA workflows.
• Proficient in analyzing complex design tradeoffs and presenting findings.

Nice-to-have qualifications:

• Experience leading teams and mentoring engineers.
• Previous work in hardware feature definition and optimization.

Education Requirements

Not specified.

About the Company

Company: Lattice Semiconductor

Headquarters: Portland, Oregon, USA

Lattice Semiconductor specializes in low power, small-form-factor programmable logic devices and solutions. The company is known for its innovative technology that enables a wide range of applications, including communication, consumer, and industrial markets.