Lead FPGA Design Engineer

Jabil•Austin, TX

About The Position

The FPGA Lead Engineer is responsible for leading FPGA design, development, integration, and debug activities for complex server, storage, networking, AI infrastructure, and rack-level platforms. This role provides technical ownership for FPGA architecture, RTL implementation, verification readiness, hardware bring-up, and cross-functional issue resolution to ensure programmable logic solutions meet system requirements, schedule commitments, manufacturability expectations, and customer quality targets.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field; Master’s degree preferred.
5–10 years of relevant experience in FPGA design, programmable logic development, hardware integration, or related platform engineering work.
Strong expertise in FPGA design flows, RTL development, simulation, synthesis, timing analysis, constraints, and lab-based debug.
Experience with common FPGA toolchains and devices from vendors such as AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, or equivalent platforms is required.
Strong understanding of standard digital interfaces like SPI, I2C, UART, Ethernet, PCIe, or JESD protocols.
Ability to lead technical decisions, drive root cause analysis, and align multiple engineering disciplines toward successful execution.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex programmable logic issues clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Experience with server, storage, networking, accelerator, PCIe-based, or other complex compute platforms is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead development teams, conduct design reviews, and oversee requirement traceability.
Act as the technical liaison between cross-functional partners, system architects, and program managers.
Lead debugging and testing campaigns on physical printed circuit boards (PCBs) using lab equipment like digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and function generators.
Plan and manage technical, cost, and schedule objectives.
Monitor technical risks and handle configuration.
Own investigation and closure of complex FPGA, hardware, and firmware integration issues during bring-up, validation, manufacturing ramp, and customer escalation.
Partner with Electrical, BIOS, BMC, Systems, Validation, Manufacturing, and customer teams to resolve cross-domain issues and align technical decisions.
Support FPGA verification readiness, lab debug, hardware validation, and release criteria by ensuring requirements traceability and disciplined issue management.
Mentor junior engineers and contribute to reusable design practices, coding standards, documentation quality, and engineering best practices.
Communicate technical direction, risks, tradeoffs, milestone health, and resolution plans clearly to leadership, customers, and cross-functional stakeholders.