Principal FPGA Engineer

About the role

The Principal FPGA Engineer leads the design and development of FPGA-based solutions for DoD and other stakeholder secure products. Responsibilities include mentoring junior engineers, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams, and driving complex projects to completion.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with an Integrated Product Team (IPT) to bring products from concept through production release.
• Support sustaining engineering efforts as needed.
• Lead FPGA design projects, providing architecture, implementation, and validation guidance.
• Develop detailed FPGA architectures and specifications for IP blocks.
• Drive FPGA development from concept through coding, simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, and bitstream generation.
• Verify and validate HDL designs through simulation and hardware testing.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior FPGA engineers.
• Contribute to new product development through environmental testing and transition into production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field. Advanced degree is a plus.
• 10+ years of FPGA hardware development experience, including high-speed, mixed-signal, or embedded applications at 100/400 Gz data rates.
• Strong understanding of FPGA design flow, including RTL design (System Verilog, Verilog, or VHDL), simulation, synthesis, and timing closure.
• Proven problem-solving and debugging skills, with hands-on experience using lab equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.).
• Experience leading projects or mentoring team members is preferred.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship is mandatory; Active security clearance is preferred.
• Experience/familiarity in the following is an asset:
• Simulation test benches using Model Sim or Questa
• Xilinx ISE/Vivado tools
• Xilinx 7-Series, Zynq MPSoC, Versal Adaptive SoC, UltraScale+Embedded processor design and C software development
• Vivado IP Integrator or other IP integration tools
• FPGA platforms from AMD (Xilinx), Microchip, or Intel (Altera)
• Microchip Libero SoC or Intel Quartus
• Board bring-up and debug (e.g., ChipScope or integrated logic analyzers)
• High-speed digital design and signal integrity concepts

Skills

• Experience capturing, analyzing, and tracking requirements
• Experience with High-speed serial interfaces and related IPTCL or other automation scripting
• Experience with FPGA resource and power estimation tools

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, 401(k) with employer match and profit sharing, health and wellness benefits, learning and development opportunities, referral program, competitive pay, recognition, employee stock purchase plan, and an inclusive and supportive culture.

Pay

$144,100.00 - 192,100.00 plus bonus

Schedule

Onsite position in Ashburn, VA / Boston, MA / Nashua, NH