Senior FPGA Prototyping Engineer

Role Overview

The Senior FPGA Prototyping Engineer will play a critical role in a team dedicated to the design and engineering of innovative consumer electronics. This position involves defining the FPGA bring-up environment for ASIC and system prototyping within Amazon's existing hardware architecture.

Experience Level

This position requires an extensive background in FPGA design and development, preferably over 7 years in emulation and prototyping.

Key Responsibilities

This role entails a variety of key responsibilities essential for successful project execution:

• Design and develop hardware and software solutions for advanced consumer electronic products.
• Collaborate with diverse teams including product design and software engineering for seamless integration of FPGA solutions.
• Deliver IP and SoC FPGA prototyping platforms that facilitate validation efforts for software teams.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to ensure successful validation of designs on FPGA platforms.
• Create and enhance verification processes for IPs through advanced FPGA environments.
• Identify and draft comprehensive tests for various scenarios.
• Work closely with design engineers to troubleshoot and ensure functionality of design blocks.
• Enhance emulation performance while optimizing resource utilization.

Skill Requirements

Candidates must meet the following qualifications and experiences:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
• 7+ years of experience in emulation, ASIC implementation, synthesis, STA, and physical design.
• Proficiency in serial protocols like SPI, I2C, I3C, and UART.
• Strong background in UVM, C, System C, and scripting.
• Proven experience in taping out production-level chips.
• Leadership experience in technical initiatives.
• 7+ years of experience in FPGA design or prototyping.
• Familiarity with version control systems and CI/CD pipeline.

Education Requirements

A Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related fields is preferred, alongside experience with modern ASIC/FPGA design and verification tools.