Senior HDL Designer

Reports to: Chief Technology Officer

This engineering position is focused on designing FPGA configurations for fast image processing, real-time process control, and SDR (Software Defined Radio) systems. The role involves translating system-level requirements into RTL design, developing and optimizing FPGA implementations, and collaborating closely with hardware and software engineers to deliver integrated system solutions.

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- Translate system-level requirements into RTL design-level specifications.
- Analyze requirements to determine system resources, performance targets, and select appropriate FPGA devices to meet design goals.
- Develop RTL code and corresponding test benches for design modules using SystemVerilog and/or VHDL.
- Synthesize FPGA designs on physical prototypes and optimize placement and routing to achieve timing closure.
- Optimize designs with respect to technological capabilities, cost, and performance.
- Take full ownership of FPGA development and collaborate closely with hardware and software engineers to deliver integrated system-level products.
- Use laboratory equipment such as logic analyzers and oscilloscopes to debug physical prototypes alongside hardware designers.

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Required Qualifications & Experience

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronic Engineering, with a focus on digital, mixed-signal circuits, or power electronics design.
- Minimum 5 years of experience reading schematics and integrating FPGA designs into digital and mixed-signal electronic systems.
- Strong expertise in SystemVerilog and/or VHDL (preferably SystemVerilog).
- Strong expertise in digital interface protocols, including AXI-family, SPI, and PCIe.
- Experience developing signal processing algorithms such as FIR and IIR filters for RF, video, or other digital signals.
- Experience using logic analyzers, integrated logic analyzers (ILA), oscilloscopes, and other laboratory testing instrumentation.
- Good knowledge and hands-on experience with version control systems (Git).
- Ability to debug mockups and prototypes alongside electronic engineers.
- Ability to collaborate effectively within diverse engineering teams to achieve system-level design goals.
- Free criminal record no. 3.

Preferred Qualifications & Experience

- Good knowledge of Software Defined Radio (SDR) principles and architectures.
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python for automating verification, testing, and laboratory workflows.
- National from a NATO member country or one of the following NATO Indo-Pacific partners: Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, or Ukraine, or NATO Clearance.

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