Lead FPGA Design Engineer

Lead FPGA design, development, integration, and debug for complex server, storage, networking, AI infrastructure, and rack-level platforms. Provide technical ownership for FPGA architecture, RTL implementation, verification readiness, hardware bring-up, and cross-functional issue resolution.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA development teams, conduct design reviews, and oversee requirement traceability.
• Act as the technical liaison between cross-functional partners, system architects, and program managers.
• Lead debugging and testing campaigns on physical printed circuit boards (PCBs) using lab equipment like digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and function generators.
• Plan and manage technical, cost, and schedule objectives; monitor technical risks and handle configuration.
• Own investigation and closure of complex FPGA, hardware, and firmware integration issues during bring-up, validation, manufacturing ramp, and customer escalation.
• Partner with Electrical, BIOS, BMC, Systems, Validation, Manufacturing, and customer teams to resolve cross-domain issues and align technical decisions.
• Support FPGA verification readiness, lab debug, hardware validation, and release criteria by ensuring requirements traceability and disciplined issue management.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to reusable design practices, coding standards, documentation quality, and engineering best practices.
• Communicate technical direction, risks, tradeoffs, milestone health, and resolution plans clearly to leadership, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field; Master’s degree preferred.
• 5–10 years of relevant experience in FPGA design, programmable logic development, hardware integration, or related platform engineering work.

Skills

• Strong expertise in FPGA design flows, RTL development, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, constraints, and lab-based debug.
• Experience with common FPGA toolchains and devices from vendors such as AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, or equivalent platforms.
• Strong understanding of standard digital interfaces like SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, PCIe, or JESD protocols.
• Experience with server, storage, networking, accelerator, PCIe-based, or other complex compute platforms is preferred.
• Ability to lead technical decisions, drive root cause analysis, and align multiple engineering disciplines toward successful execution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex programmable logic issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.