Principal FPGA Engineer

Position would require the candidate to be a W2 employee of Donatech. US Citizenship Required. •Adhere to all applicable client Engineering Development and Quality processes, procedures, instructions and guidelines. •Participate in Agile team meetings and planning activities, as required to support programs covered by this work plan. •Requirements, design and verification of FPGA solutions •Integration of developed FPGA on target hardware units •Supporting peer reviews and certification analysis activities •Peer reviewing FPGA development artifacts •Recommend new tools and practices for continuous improvement in the group's ASIC / FPGA design flow •Contribute to engineering estimates for new program pursuits. •Provide technical leadership for project design teams by breaking down work, planning activities, and reporting status Qualifications You Must Have •Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years of experience. •A minimum of 5 years professional experience in FPGA development, ASIC front end, or related areas •Proficient in VHDL/Verilog for FPGA/ASIC design and implementation. •Experience in digital circuit architecture, design, resource tradeoffs, timing analysis, and timing closure •Familiarity with FPGA platforms such as AMD/Xilinx, Altera, Microchip, or others, and associated toolchains (e.g., Vivado, Quartus, Libero). •Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills for FPGA/ASIC systems. •Proficiency with revision control concepts and tools (e.g., Git, Subversion) Qualifications We Prefer •Excellent communication and teamwork skills with the ability to work in a collaborative environment. •Experience with high-speed digital interfaces and protocols (e.g., DDR, PCIe, Ethernet). •Familiarity with best-practice chip-level verification techniques and languages (e.g., constrained random, functional coverage, System Verilog) •Experience in ASIC / FPGA lab validation using advanced laboratory equipment •Experience with Unix, scripting, C/C++, and/or Perl