Job Title: FPGA Engineer III
Duration: 12 Months + possible 12-month ext.
Location: Redmond, WA, 98052
Summary:

• FPGA Engineer in Reality Labs Research helping with fast FPGA development to enable building research prototypes.

Must-Have Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of FPGA design experience using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• 4+ years of FPGA design experience using Lattice or AMD/Xilinx/Gowin.
• Programming experience in one or more scripting languages; Python, tcl, shell scripts, or equivalent EDA tool scripting languages.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with RTL Digital Signal Processing and fixed point arithmetics.
• Experience with Lattice FPGA development tools.
• Experience with Serial Interfaces like SPI, I2C, UART, I3C.
• Programming familiarity in C and/or C++.
• Experience developing accompanying firmware to exercise and drive FPGA prototypes.
• Experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, and logic analysers.
• Experience with ModelSim/Questa RTL simulators.

Degrees/Certifications:

• BS Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Masters in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent field is preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and validating RTL code targeting FPGAs
• Bringing up FPGA prototypes and validating design features
• Collaborating with Electrical Engineers to review and finalize schematics.
• Collaborate with FW engineers to define and validate FPGA interfaces.
• Providing documentation for the different FPGA interfaces.
• Writing testbenches for critical Verilog Ips.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of FPGA design experience using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• 4+ years of FPGA design experience using Lattice or AMD/Xilinx/Gowin
• Programming experience in one or more scripting languages; Python, tcl, shell scripts, or equivalent EDA tool scripting languages.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Masters in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent field.
• Experience with RTL Digital Signal Processing and fixed point arithmetics.
• Experience with Lattice FPGA development tools.
• Experience with Serial Interfaces like SPI, I2C, UART, I3C.
• Programming familiarity in C and/or C++.
• Experience developing accompanying firmware to exercise and drive FPGA prototypes.
• Experience with test equipment such as oscilloscopes, DMMs, and logic analyzers.
• Experience with ModelSim/Questa RTL simulators.

Years of Experience:
AT LEAST 4+ years of:

• FPGA design experience using Verilog or SystemVerilog.
• FPGA design experience using Lattice or AMD/Xilinx/Gowin.

About the Team RL Research Hardware Research:

• Research teams across AR & VR.

Interview Process & Next Steps:

• Interview Process 2-3 45 Min Round

 

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