Senior FPGA Design Engineer

Job Title

Senior FPGA Design Engineer

Role Summary

Senior FPGA designer responsible for FPGA architecture, RTL design, verification, and board-level hardware integration for high-speed, timing-sensitive systems. Works on system-level constraints, interface integration, timing closure, and validation across product bring-up.

Experience Level

Senior-level; typically requires 5–10+ years of hands-on FPGA design and development experience.

Responsibilities

Design, verify, and validate FPGA-based subsystems and collaborate with hardware and software teams to deliver production-ready solutions.

• Architect and implement FPGA RTL (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog) and IP integration.
• Perform synthesis, timing analysis, and timing closure for high‑speed designs.
• Develop and execute verification strategies, simulation, and bring-up tests.
• Integrate and debug high-speed interfaces (Ethernet, PCIe, DDR4, MIPI, SerDes, SPI, I2C, UART).
• Collaborate on board-level hardware and system architecture tradeoffs.
• Troubleshoot system-level issues during validation and production bring-up.
• Document designs, review code, and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

Key technical and eligibility requirements. "Must-have" items are listed first; additional strengths are noted as "nice-to-have." Education details are in the Education Requirements section below.

• Must-have: 5+ years hands-on FPGA design experience with RTL development and synthesis.
• Must-have: Proficiency in VHDL, Verilog or SystemVerilog and FPGA toolflows (synthesis, simulation, timing).
• Must-have: Experience with Xilinx SoC/FPGA devices and toolchains (e.g., Vivado) or equivalent flows.
• Must-have: Experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, DDR4, SerDes, Ethernet) and board-level integration.
• Must-have: Strong debugging skills for bring-up, validation, and system integration.
• Must-have: US Citizenship required.
• Nice-to-have: ASIC experience or familiarity with Cadence/Synopsys tools; experience with Intel/Altera or Lattice toolchains.
• Nice-to-have: Embedded software experience in C/C++; scripting in Python, Bash, or TCL.
• Nice-to-have: Background in defense, aerospace, space, or other safety‑critical industries; active security clearance is a plus.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

About the Company

Company: Moog

Headquarters: East Aurora, New York, United States

Moog designs and manufactures precision motion control products and systems for aerospace, defense, industrial and medical markets, including flight control actuators, servo valves, and control electronics.