FPGA Engineer

- 3+ years of experience with ASIC/FPGA design and verification tools
- 3+ years of experience in ASIC/FPGA design verification using System Verilog, UVM
- Experience with Xilinx/AMD (or Altera) FPGAs
- Experience with uArchitecture, RTL coding, lint checks, CDC, RDC, FPGA optimization for timing & power, simulation, and validation
- Experience in writing test scripts (Python preferred) to validate FPGA images in HW
- 5+ years of full RTL development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations experience
- Designs, optimizes, and implement digital logic functions in control/communication and data acquisition systems
- Deep understanding of logic elements, memory blocks, DSP slices, and I/O capabilities
- Familiarity with AXI4 and AXI Streaming interfaces
- Proven track record of successfully taking FPGA/ASIC designs from development through production and deployment
- Experienced in integrating HDL simulation and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring automated regression testing and timing analysis validation for every code commit.

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USA, WA, Redmond - 96,600.00 - 160,000.00 USD annually
Amazon Leo is Amazon's low Earth orbit satellite network. Our mission is to deliver fast, reliable broadband connectivity to customers beyond the reach of existing networks. From households to small businesses, schools, hospitals, and government agencies, Amazon Leo will serve communities and organizations operating in places without dependable internet access.


Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

Key job responsibilities
Create FPGA solutions to support LEO's Optical inter satellite Link system. This is a unique opportunity to define a new system with few legacy constraints. The FPGA design engineer will work with systems teams to define/develop/implement/test/release FPGA based solutions to enable LEO. This will focus on creating digital designs using the latest generations of FPGA technologies and tools.

In this role you will:
Have ownership of one or more FPGA bitstreams. - Create and release FPGAs through the development phases of uArchitecture-RTL Design-Physical Implementation-Timing Closure–Simulation Validation– Lab Based Silicon Validation

Collaborate with system architects to define and design/implement/test/release/support functions targeted to FPGA technology

Collaborate with system architects and design engineers to implement digital logic functions in FPGAs

Collaborate with system architects and design engineers to implement digital logic functions in FPGA prototypes to validate/tradeoff architecture & design alternatives

Collaborate with systems architects, HW engineering design teams & FW/SW design teams to bring up and test the system solutions.

Drive trade-off analysis to benefit customer experience and optimization of target technology resources for cost/size/power/performance/features