Staff RTL Engineer

MicroVision • Orlando, FL

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

MicroVision has an immediate opportunity for a Staff RTL Engineer. As a key member of MicroVision's growing Digital Design Engineering team, you will collaborate with various technical teams in the company to design and take into production, market defining Automotive LiDAR product. The right candidate for this position will be a highly motivated FPGA/RTL Engineer with a breadth of understanding in FPGA design and best practices , including detailed design, System Verilog coding, modelling, simulation, verification, integration and test.

Requirements

• Knowledge of System Verilog, Verilog, Python programming languages
• Proficient in FPGA Design methodologies from state machine design to DSP implementation
• Experienced in closing timing in FPGA designs. Mapping algorithms to FPGA appropriate logic implementations
• Expert integrating and bringing up features in hardware.
• Ability to work well in a fast-moving and complex environment.
• Independently driven to complete project tasks
• Experience with Configuration Management and Change Control concepts and tools (Git, Subversion, Jira, etc.)
• Experience working with Functional Requirements and defining Requirement Based Tests
• Experience performing HDL Synthesis/Simulation (eg. VCS, Synplicity, etc.)
• Experience with design analyses (Timing, Lint, Clock Domain Crossings, Code Coverage, etc.) and IP compliance strategies
• Experience designing portable, scalable Test Benches
• Experience with UVM/OVM - Constrained random testing
• Familiarity with hierarchical simulation and verification frameworks
• Experience with intersystem communication protocols (I2C, UART, SPI, etc.)
• Familiarity with microcontroller peripherals including one or more of the following: ADCs, DACs, Flash, EEPROM, timers and watchdogs
• Working knowledge of data structures and algorithm fundamentals
• Working knowledge of digital and analog electronics
• BS in Electrical Engineering or related field and 7+ years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

Nice To Haves

• Knowledgeable of control systems and digital signal processing fundamentals
• Proficient in other embedded software systems developed in C / Cpp / etc.
• Hands on experience with High-Level Synthesis (HLS)
• Excellent scripting and automation skills. Bash shell, python, Make/CMake, and TCL desired
• Extensive project experience working on embedded laser applications including Lidar
• Safety-critical industry experience. (FIT analysis, etc.)
• Working knowledge of various computing architectures beyond FPGAs, such as DSPs, GPUs, or MCUs, and their associated hardware computing platforms used to program them
• Experience with ASIC design & migration from FPGA prototypes to production ASICs

Responsibilities

• Derive FPGA requirements based on system requirements then create FPGA architecture to fulfill those requirements
• Design, implement and test Register-Transfer Level (RTL) features and components guided by system architecture and requirements
• Own the detailed design of assigned firmware components and subsystem functionality
• Document test and implementation plans at unit at system levels and then execute on it.
• Work with other teams to integrate developed features into system hardware.
• Support bringing up RTL features developed by the team.
• Coach/mentor junior members of RTL and integration teams to complete tasks.
• Participate in the full software development life cycle (SDLC) flow including peer reviews of requirements, architecture, design, and code implementations within an approved ASPICE development flow.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity program
• Choice between an HSA Medical plan or a Buy-Up PPO Medical plan
• Dental plan 100% employer-paid for employees
• Vision coverage Vision coverage 100% employer-paid for employees
• 401k plan with company match to help you save for your future (50% of your contributions up to the first 6% of your eligible pay)
• Generous time off package including a flexible vacation program as well as incidental personal/sick days and floating holidays
• Supplemental pay for Parental Leave
• Company-paid basic life and AD&D insurance and long-term disability

What This Job Offers

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