Senior FPGA Engineer - Control Systems

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test FPGA-based control functions for high-speed arbitrary waveform generation, image acquisition, and digital control loops
• Develop efficient communications interfaces for software control, analysis, and monitoring
• Develop functional block specifications based on system level requirements
• Perform logic design and verification using Vivado (SystemVerilog and IP Catalog)
• Write test procedures, perform component and system level testing and debug, document test results

Qualifications

• Temperamentally suited to work at a fast-growing startup: self-motivated, humble, driven, collaborative, and with a high tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty
• Proficiency with RTL (SystemVerilog preferred, VHDL acceptable)
• Expertise in FPGA, microprocessor, and related digital circuit design and functions
• Experience with Xilinx Vivado and Zynq SoCs
• Familiarity with Git version control and FPGA design best practices
• Integration, debug, and test experience with prototype electronics assemblies
• Programming skills including C, C++, and Python in a Linux environment
• Willingness to learn atomic, optical, laser physics, and quantum mechanics concepts to put work in context
• RF electronics / software-defined radio experience (pluses)
• Analog electronics design experience (pluses)
• Experience with embedded Linux (Yocto) (pluses)

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited paid time off
• 401K company matching
• Short- and long-term disability
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Dependent care benefits
• Life insurance

Pay

The base salary range for this position is between $140,000 - $175,000, commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Full-time position