FPGA Engineer

About the role

Ayo Ayo is a venture-backed early-stage startup that will radically redefine how humanity performs compute for AI. Our photonic processors will provide orders of magnitude improvement in speed and power efficiency in comparison to conventional digital compute platforms by taking advantage of the natural parallelism, speed, and energy efficiency of light.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test FPGA-based systems that support our chip verification and prototype development pipeline.
• Deploy and iterate on RTL code (Verilog or VHDL) targeting FPGAs in our prototype hardware.
• Deploy and iterate on embedded C/C++ code targeting embedded processors on FPGA system-on-chips.
• Support the hardware team by performing FPGA trade studies and assessing the viability of proposed pin mappings on developmental circuit card assemblies.
• Bring up and test prototypes of our computing systems by writing and testing interfaces to peripherals such as ADCs, DACs, memory, etc.
• Contribute to upgrading and scaling our existing FPGA infrastructure as we grow.

Requirements

• RTL proficiency required - Verilog or VHDL.
• This is the foundation of the role. Real industry FPGA experience - we want to see that you have deployed code to real hardware, not just completed academic coursework projects.
• Familiarity with major FPGA platforms - Xilinx/AMD experience is preferred; Lattice or Intel/Altera is also fine.
• Embedded systems experience is a plus - ADC/DAC interfaces, working with real-world signals.
• Any exposure to ASIC verification workflows is a bonus - if you've sat next to a chip design and used FPGAs to validate it, we want to hear about it.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate or Master's degree - a PhD is not required. We care about what you've built, not the credential.

Skills

• Experience with FPGA design tools such as Vivado, ModelSim, or similar.
• Experience with hardware verification and validation methodologies.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Equity commensurate with stage and seniority.
• Benefits package including health, dental, and vision.
• Full-time onsite in Boston - we are a collaborative, in-person team.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Full-time