FPGA​/SoC Engineer – Microchip PolarFire & Xilinx

FPGA /PLD Engineer – 6-Month Contract

Location: Augsburg, Germany
Working Model: Hybrid – remote working with regular on-site presence in Augsburg
Contract Duration: 6 months
Contract Type: Contract / Freelance
Language: English;
German desirable

We are seekinganexperiencedFPGA / PLD Engineer to support the development of industrial automation and embedded computer platforms ona6-month contract.

The successful candidate will be responsible for FPGA architecture, development, verification, hardware integration and validation, working closely with hardware, embedded software, firmware andtest engineering teams.

• Develop FPGA and programmable logic solutions for industrial PCs, PLCs and embedded computer platforms.
• Design, implement, verifyand maintain robustFPGA architectures forlong-lifecycle industrial products.
• Support the full FPGA development lifecycle, including:
  • Requirements analysis
  • Architecture definition
  • RTL coding
  • Simulation and verification
  • Testing and hardware bring-up
  • Documentation and product support
• Design and integrate hardware interfaces andbus-based communication systems, includingPCI, PCIe andbackplane communication.
• Work closely with hardware, embedded software, firmware, test, product management and manufacturing teams to define interfaces and resolve integration challenges.
• Participate in schematic reviews, component selection and FPGApin assignment activities.
• Support designs involvingPCIe, LVDS andother high-speed communication standards.
• Contribute to signal-integrity consideration sand high-speedPCB design and routing.
• Support prototype bring-up, validation, testing, troubleshooting and debugging.
• Work with moderndevelopment tools, simulation environments, automated testing frameworks and version-control systems.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of engineering processes, tools and methodologies.

• Degree in Electrical Engineering,Computer Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Scienceor a comparable technical discipline.
• Strong understanding ofdigital design principles, embedded systems and hardware interfaces.
• Experience with FPGAdevelopment usingVHDL, Verilog and/or System Verilog.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working within cross-functional andinternationalengineering teams.

• Experience with FPGA development environments such as:
  • AMD/Xilinx Vivado
  • Microchip Libero
  • Intel Quartus
  • Lattice development tools
  • Or comparable FPGAtoolsets
• Experience integrating third-partyIP blocks into FPGA designs.
• Knowledge of simulation, verification, scripting, automation and CI/CD.
• Experience with high-speed hardware interface sand communication protocols.
• Practical laboratory experiencewithoscilloscopes, logic analyser sand programmable power supplies.
• German language skills would be advantageous.
• Experience with moderndevelopment methodologies and engineering best practices.

We are looking for someone whois collaborative, technically strong and comfortable working across hardware and software disciplines. You should havea structured approachtosolving complex technical problems, strong attention to detail andthe ability totake ownership ofFPGA development activities from requirements throughto hardware validation.