Senior FPGA Prototyping Platform Engineer
NVIDIAJob Title
Senior FPGA Prototyping Platform Engineer
Role Summary
Join the Emulation team to build, bring up, and support FPGA prototypes of next-generation GPUs and SoCs on commercial prototyping platforms. This role requires cross-team coordination, hands-on lab work, and delivery of production-ready prototypes to internal customers.
Experience Level
Senior — typically 7+ years of relevant FPGA prototyping experience (or equivalent experience; candidates with an MS and ~5 years' experience are also expected).
Responsibilities
Primary day-to-day responsibilities:
- Create FPGA prototypes: drive synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, and generate bitstreams.
- Bring up designs on FPGA prototyping hardware and perform hands-on lab debug using HW and SW debuggers.
- Use platform-specific HW diagnostics to isolate issues between the FPGA design and the prototyping platform.
- Release prototypes to customers and provide post-release support and troubleshooting.
- Coordinate with verification engineers, software teams, and lab technicians to complete tasks and resolve issues.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and experience:
- Proven experience with FPGA prototyping hardware architecture, flows, and tools.
- Hands-on experience with FPGA prototyping lab tasks and managing or working with lab technicians at medium-to-large scale.
- Experience in backend FPGA flows: synthesis, place & route, timing closure, with emphasis on Synopsys Protocompiler and Xilinx Vivado.
- Practical lab debug skills and familiarity with FPGA debug tools (Identify/ChipScope) and lab instruments (oscilloscopes, logic and protocol analyzers).
Nice-to-have:
- Independent and collaborative root-cause debugging experience across HW and SW.
- Prior prototyping experience with Synopsys HAPS or large-scale FPGA platforms for high-performance processors or SoCs.
Education Requirements
BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 7+ years of FPGA prototyping experience, or MS with 5+ years; equivalent practical experience is explicitly accepted.
About the Company
Company: NVIDIA
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.
