Senior FPGA Engineer & System Prototyping Lead

Overview

Fpga Engineering & Prototyping Lead

• FPGA-based prototyping of RISC-V compute architectures and SoC designs
• Implement and optimize complex RTL designs on high-end FPGA platforms (Xilinx Virtex/UltraScale+, Intel Stratix/Agilex)
• Develop system-level prototypes integrating processors, accelerators, memory controllers, and interconnects
• Create hardware-software co-validation environments for architecture exploration
• Design and implement debugging infrastructure, performance monitors, and measurement frameworks

Laboratory Setup & Infrastructure Development

• Design and establish the centre s FPGA prototyping and system validation laboratory from scratch
• Define equipment requirements and specifications for FPGA development platforms, test equipment, and measurement tools
• Procure and commission FPGA development boards, logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, power analyzers, and supporting infrastructure
• Establish laboratory safety protocols, equipment maintenance procedures, and inventory management systems
• Design and implement lab network infrastructure supporting high-bandwidth data transfer and remote access

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

• Serve as the technical expert and go-to resource for FPGA design and system prototyping
• Collaborate with computer architects to translate architecture specifications into FPGA implementations
• Interface with software teams to enable early software development on FPGA prototypes

Methodology & Tool Development

• Establish FPGA design flows, build systems, and continuous integration frameworks
• Develop automation scripts and tools to accelerate design iteration and validation
• Create measurement and analysis frameworks for performance characterization