FPGA Engineer

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance RTL modules for the FPGA based payload electronics, to accomplish on-board processing requirements.
• Develop high quality RTL and efficient custom IP blocks in VHDL/Verilog for AMD-Xilinx/Microchip FPGA target devices.
• Implement high-speed interfaces such as SerDes, Gigabit ethernet, PCIe, and AXI-4/AXI-4 Lite interface with processor.
• Carryout Synthesis, Place and Route, static timing analysis (STA) and close the timing requirements of the FPGA design.
• Collaborate with hardware, embedded software and algorithm processing engineers to generate RTL design requirements, architecture and test plans.
• Document the FPGA design, verification and validation, board level test results throughout the development lifecycle.

Required Qualifications

• B.Tech/B.E in Electronics Engineering or M.Tech/M.E or PhD degree Microelectronics/Embedded systems/VLSI.
• 4 to 6 years of demonstrated experience in RTL design and development for FPGA based digital systems.
• Strong proficiency in VHDL/Verilog based digital logic implementation with expertise in FPGA design flow using Vivado/Libero EDA tools.
• Deep understanding of FPGA architecture, Synthesis and Static Timing Analysis, Clock domain crossing techniques, and timing closure.
• Strong expertise in troubleshooting logical and timing observations during development lifecycle.
• Proficiency in working with FPGA/SoC development kits and electronic test equipment.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in developing reliable and robust FPGA designs for satellite payloads is a significant plus.
• Experience with Questasim or similar tools for functional verification and code coverage analysis.
• Knowledge of Embedded software development in C/C++ and algorithm implementation in MATLAB/Python.
• Knowledge of the latest advancements in FPGA based payload electronics development.
• Familiarity with the standards for satellite hardware development is an advantage.

General Requirements

• Ability to work in a mission-focused, operational environment.
• Ability to think critically and make independent decisions.
• Interpersonal skills to enable working in a diverse and dynamic team.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Writing and delivering technical documents and briefings.
• Verbal and written communications skills as well as organizational skills.
• Travel occasionally as necessary.