What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hardware Design Engineer (FPGA) position at RLA Engineering LLC?
Job Title: Hardware Design Engineer (FPGA)
Employee Type: WS
Expected Weekly Hours: 40
Location: Raleigh, NC 27513
Pay Rate: $108.83 to $112.67 per hour
Position Summary
This position is responsible for supporting the client’s business unit(s) with developing field programmable gate array (FPGA) platforms that are used in the validation of ASICs. Another job title may be “Embedded Systems Engineer”. Candidates will have experience designing printed circuit boards, coding in hardware description languages (HDL), working with software developers in troubleshooting test environments, and working with validation engineers, ASIC designers, and pre-silicon verification engineers to optimize test efforts between FPGA platform and physical ASICs.
Responsibilities
Skills Requirements
Employee Type: WS
Expected Weekly Hours: 40
Location: Raleigh, NC 27513
Pay Rate: $108.83 to $112.67 per hour
Position Summary
This position is responsible for supporting the client’s business unit(s) with developing field programmable gate array (FPGA) platforms that are used in the validation of ASICs. Another job title may be “Embedded Systems Engineer”. Candidates will have experience designing printed circuit boards, coding in hardware description languages (HDL), working with software developers in troubleshooting test environments, and working with validation engineers, ASIC designers, and pre-silicon verification engineers to optimize test efforts between FPGA platform and physical ASICs.
Responsibilities
- Understand the product roadmap against electrical hardware design needs
- Understand/specify FPGA based test platforms to enable silicon validation functionality
- Manage product development cycle for electrical hardware deliverables for incoming ASIC samples
- Collaborate with ASIC designers, pre-silicon verification engineers, software developers, and silicon validation engineers in preparation for first silicon
- Define block diagrams, pseudo code, and functional testing requirements
- Leverage previous design solutions, off-the-shelf parts, BOMs, and vendor/manufacturer expertise for new designs/platforms
- Design/simulate circuits using schematic capture tools and work with PCB layout designers to layout circuit boards OR work with test platform vendors to specify FPGA chip sets and emulation platforms
- Lead design reviews for assigned sub-systems
- Bring up and troubleshoot boards and platforms for lab testing
- Iterate designs as allowed for in project budget and schedule
- Work with Test Engineers and Technicians to define and execute test plans for needed validation and characterization coverage
- Document issues and propose workarounds to team including senior management
- Occasionally work 40 hours in a week if approved
- Perform other duties as needed
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field; Preferred Master’s degree
- Eligible to work in the US without RLA sponsorship for employment visa status
- 10 years of experience in an electrical HW design engineer role
- Minimum 10 years of experience with coding and FPGA debugging
- Minimum 5 years of experience with FPGA programming with VERILOG
- Minimum 3 years of experience with microprocessor systems embedded
- Experience with Synopsis HAPS
- Experience designing and/or specifying embedded systems
- Experience with debugging software and firmware applications in C and assembly
- Experience using circuit schematic capture, simulation and PCB layout tools such as Cadence Allegro, Mentor Graphics, Altium, etc.
- Experience optimizing circuit BOMs for cost and scale
- Experience using benchtop test equipment such as oscilloscope, DMM, power supply, function generator, logic/network analyzer, thermal camera, etc.
- Experience developing, modifying, and running test scripts via PowerShell, Python, etc.
- Experience with statistical process control (SCS) including analysis using tools such as Excel, Minitab, JMP, R, etc.
- Experience using hand tools (soldering iron) to hack/blue wire breadboard circuits and components on PCBs
Skills Requirements
- Ability to read, write, and speak English proficiently
- High proficiency using productivity software such as M365 (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Teams, and SharePoint)
- Ability to use project/program management principles and methodologies to consistently meet task deadlines, triage changing priorities, and track issues to resolution
- Ability to collaborate across diverse teams with a customer service mindset
- The position typically operates in a standard office environment and/or from employee’s home
- This is an onsite position located in Raleigh, North Carolina
- Be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
Salary : $109 - $113
