Firmware/Software Design Engineer

Primary Responsibilities

· The FPGA/Firmware design engineer’s primary job functions include designing, implementing, and testing firmware solutions targeting unique high-speed FPGAs and their supporting circuitry.

· Collaborate with a multidisciplinary design team (electrical engineers, systems engineers, and scientists) to implement and integrate FPGA designs and sensor systems.

· Analyze, design, simulate, and implement algorithms in hardware descriptor languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog), based on MATLAB model(s).

· Analyze, design, and implement HDL test benches in hardware description languages, HDL (VHDL, Verilog), for code validation and validation against models.

· Analyze schematic diagrams for either custom or commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) electronic hardware involving high-speed digital and/or analog circuitry in associated FPGA-centric systems.

· Conduct experimental tests on latest FPGA and SoC evaluation boards, evaluate results, and then develop specifications for selecting next-generation components for deliverable systems.

· Work on problems of diverse scope, determining methods and procedures to be used on new assignments, and providing feedback and recommendations to other technical personnel.

· Develop project test plans and test procedures, provide test planning support, and assist in the execution of both lab testing and field testing.

· Develop and maintain requirements documents, functional specification documents, interface control documents, etc.


Basic Qualifications

· FPGA Design using VHDL. FPGA design experience to create and improve

· Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering with 8-12 years of relevant experience.

· Someone who can lead other members of the team (Technical lead)

· Experience with, and understanding of, FPGA system design and test.

· Experience with embedded Software/Firmware design.

· Experience with C/C++, MATLAB.

· Understanding of multiple high-speed serial communication standards and interfaces (e.g. Aurora, 10Ge, PCIe, DDR4/3/2/1, JESD204B)

· Experienced with version control systems including SVN and Git.

· Hands-on laboratory experience with instrumentation, test equipment, and debug/test methods.


PREFERRED

· MS Degree in Electrical Engineering

· Familiarity with modern Xilinx FPGA families and design tools (7-series FPGAs, Ultrascale+, Vivado, Xilinx IP cores).

· Experience working with SoC designs such as Zynq and Zynq Ultrascale+ including architecting and interfacing with peripherals, interrupts, and related bus architectures.

· Experience developing and implementing FPGA-optimized versions of DSP algorithms (e.g., modulation/demodulation, PLLs, filters, image processing).

· Experience with standard internal interfaces such as AXI4, AXI4-Stream, and AXI4-Lite.

· Experience working with embedded operating systems (i.e., RTOS such as Green Hills)