Senior FPGA Engineer

Department: Avionics

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach, California, Redondo Beach

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and optimize FPGA designs using VHDL or Verilog
• Perform high-speed digital integration, including multi-clock domain interfaces, timing closure, and advanced clock-constraint management
• Architect FPGA data paths with an emphasis on throughput, parallelism, and resource efficiency
• Implement and integrate AXI4/AXI-Stream interfaces and related on-chip bus architectures
• Design and manage FPGA clocking using PLL and MMCM primitives
• Use Xilinx and Intel/Altera FPGA tools for synthesis, place-and-route, constraint definition, and timing analysis
• Build self-checking testbenches for functional verification and regression coverage
• Debug FPGA designs in the lab using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and FPGA debug tools such as Chipscope or SignalTap
• Collaborate with DSP, systems, and software teams to define hardware architectures and support algorithm implementation

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in the optical communications field
• Expertise in HDL development using VHDL or Verilog
• Experience with high-speed digital design, timing closure, and parallel data path architectures
• Familiarity with AXI4/AXI-Stream interface standards
• Proficiency with Xilinx (Vivado) and Intel/Altera (Quartus) FPGA toolchains
• Experience with FPGA clocking resources (PLL, MMCM) and multi-clock domain integration
• Strong understanding of digital logic, state machines, pipelining, and data-path design
• Ability to create and maintain self-checking testbenches for module-level and system-level verification
• Hands-on experience with lab debugging and FPGA hardware bring-up

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 3+ years of experience implementing DSP algorithms in hardware
• 3+ years of experience with advanced communication systems or signal-processing architectures
• Familiarity with MATLAB/Simulink for algorithm modeling and hardware mapping
• Self-motivated with proven ability to communicate technical challenges, explain rationale and resolve critical issues
• Experience in a startup or fast paced agile development environment