FPGA Engineer

Epirus • Torrance, CA

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About The Position

This is an exciting role in a growing company. The ideal candidate for the position is someone who has experience designing, verifying, and integrating state-of-the-art FPGA systems and embedded processing solutions for RF applications. In this role, you will work closely with a talented, multi-disciplinary engineering team to design and manufacture novel RF systems for a variety of platforms in a rapid development environment.

Requirements

• BS degree in Computer or Electrical engineering
• 2+ years of technical experience
• Familiarity implementing FPGA and microprocessor designs on embedded hardware
• Experience working with latest generation state of the art Xilinx/Intel Parts and associated tool sets (Vivado, Quartus)
• Understanding of common digital communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Collaborative; capable of working across all levels of the organization
• Organized; comfortable working in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment
• US Citizen and/or Permanent Resident (future US Security Clearance will be required)

Nice To Haves

• MS degree in Computer or Electrical engineering
• 3+ years of experience
• Experience implementing complex DSP algorithms on FPGAs
• Proficiency with design automation, scripting languages (TCL, Python, Perl, Matlab)
• Knowledge of advanced firmware verification testbench development (UVM, System Verilog)
• Skilled with advanced high-speed Verilog/VHDL designs including high-speed memory interfaces (DDR4, HBM) and high-speed SerDes IO and protocols (100GE, JESD, Interlaken)
• Understanding of digital and mixed signal PCB design including signal integrity analysis, FPGA sizing estimation, and IO selection
• Aerospace/Defense experience and/or military experience
• Current/Active Secret Security Clearance

Responsibilities

• Design and verification of RTL modules for FPGA applications
• Initial test and bring-up of custom FPGA circuit cards, including on-board peripherals such as memory, Ethernet, and sensors
• Automation of test environment (up to and including hardware-in-the-loop testing), lab equipment, and measurement devices
• Capturing design tradeoffs, state machine flow, system address maps, and block diagrams

Benefits

• People are the most important part of Epirus – and always come first.
• We don’t believe in the word impossible and are always asking “why not” as work to usher in a new paradigm of power efficiency.
• Our fast-growing team is agile, creative, and innovative.
• We support a culture of constant learning and sense of belonging among our team members and know that mentorship matters.
• We embrace diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond.
• To deliver on our mission, we are always looking for problem solvers, changemakers and innovators to join our fast-growing team.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level