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Senior FPGA Design Engineer

Thomson Power Systems
Radford, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/27/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/25/2025
Description

We are seeking to fill an FPGA Design Engineer position located in our global headquarters in Radford, VA. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a hands-on, team-oriented environment. The candidate will develop, debug, and integrate features and interfaces in FPGA hardware. Responsibilities include FPGA requirements development, FPGA code development, generation of self-checking test benches, synthesis, timing analysis, software regression tests, and support of debug and system integration activities. The candidate will collaborate closely with RTL designers, embedded software engineers, and hardware engineers on both new and existing designs. Strong problem-solving abilities and a collaborative mindset are essential.

Primary Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Architect, specify, design, develop and test FPGA designs (Verilog) on embedded FPGA and SoC platforms.
  • Implement, design, test, and debug code for real-time data, feedback loops, filters, and analog-to-digital signal processing.
  • Perform FPGA design synthesis and timing closure.
  • Conduct hardware lab verification and troubleshooting.
  • Develop software regression tests.
  • Additional duties and responsibilities may be assigned based on work experience.

Responsibilities Will Be Commensurate With Work Experience.

Critical Competencies

Required

  • Detail-oriented.
  • Results-driven, self-starting, and proactive.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Good understanding of engineering documents (Schematics, Component Data Sheets, PCB Layout, and product specifications).
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with team members.
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to write reports and business correspondence, and to present information and respond to questions from inspectors, managers, suppliers, and engineers.

Preferred

  • Familiarity with solder rework
  • Familiarity with the use of logic analyzers and oscilloscopes

Education And Experience Requirements

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or a related field required.
  • 8 years of FPGA design experience required.
  • Proficient in Verilog (preferred) or VHDL.
  • Experience with multiple clock-domain, high-utilization FPGA designs.
  • Experience with Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs is a plus.
  • Experience with FPGA simulation tools (ModelSim preferred).
  • Familiarity with DSP functions in FPGAs.

Additional Skills Of Interest

  • Familiarity with C#, C , CAN bus, I2C, SPI, Digital filters, Digital Phase Locked loops, Motor Control, PWM, Encoder Feedback protocols
  • Familiarity with Industrial Ethernet Protocols (e.g. EtherCAT, Profinet, Ethernet IP)
  • Familiarity with algorithm simulation and modelling software (e.g Matlab, VisSim)

Restrictions imposed by federal export control laws may limit this job opportunity to candidates who are a ‘U.S. Person’, which includes U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, U.S. permanent residents, individuals granted asylum in the United States, and refugees in the United States, or who otherwise can qualify for a license that permits them to hold the position.

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Coverage
  • Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA and Dependent Care FSA)
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
  • 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
  • Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
  • Paid Leaves
  • Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a $6.5B publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds, and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture.

Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales and service facilities worldwide. For more information, including a copy of our Sustainability Report, visit RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Regal Rexnord is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ancestry, national origin, marital status, citizenship status (unless required by the applicable law or government contract), disability or protected veteran status or any other status or characteristic protected by law. Regal Rexnord is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are committed to building a team that represents diverse and inclusive backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. If you’d like to view a copy of the company’s affirmative action plan or policy statement, please email Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com. If you have a disability and you believe you need a reasonable accommodation in order to search for a job opening or to submit an online application, please e-mail Recruiting@RegalRexnord.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity Posters

Notification to Agencies: Please note that Regal Rexnord Corporation and its affiliates and subsidiaries ("Regal Rexnord") do not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement or similar contract and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, Regal Rexnord will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.

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