Senior FPGA Prototyping Engineer

We are seeking a Senior FPGA Prototyping Engineer to join our Emulation team onsite in Santa Clara, CA. You will craft FPGA prototypes of our next-generation GPUs and SOCs on standard FPGA prototyping platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Build FPGA prototypes by making RTL FPGA-friendly, partitioning the design, and taking it through synthesis and place and route.
• Improve performance of the prototype, analyze timing, and generate bit streams.
• Bring up the design on FPGA prototyping platforms and indulge in problem-solving.
• Release the prototype to customers and support them when they face problems.
• Understand the design and implementation, define configurations, develop/modify bringup and testing infrastructure, and verify the correctness of the design.
• Coordinate with architects, designers, verification engineers, and software teams to accomplish tasks.

Requirements:

• BS (or equivalent experience) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related fields with 12+ years of experience, or MS with 10+ years of proven experience in FPGA prototyping.
• Good understanding of FPGA prototyping architecture, devices, flows, and tools.
• Experience in backend flows of FPGA Prototyping - Synthesis, P&R, and Timing closure, with emphasis on Synopsys Protocompiler or Siemens VPS and Xilinx Vivado.
• Exposure to ASIC design and verification tools (VCS or equivalent, Verdi, GDB).
• Knowledge of Verilog, System Verilog, and digital design concepts.
• Good debugging and problem-solving skills.
• Hands-on experience with lab FPGA debug methodologies, tools (Identify or ChipScope), and lab debug equipment (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers).

Nice to Have:

• Scripting knowledge (Perl/shell/Tcl).
• Good documentation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with memory bring-up of Memory (LPDDR5/6, DDR5/6), CXL/PCIE, and/or high-speed I/F such as USB4/3.
• Prior experience with hardware emulation or prototyping (Synopsys HAPS or Siemens ProFPGA) of a high-performance processor or SOC.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 196,000 USD - 310,500 USD for Level 5, and 232,000 USD - 368,000 USD for Level 6. You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.