BCforward is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer to work onsite in Sunnyvale CA.

Start/End Dates: 1/29/2025 - 1/28/2026

Work Location: US - CA - Sunnyvale - Onsite

Core Engineering - Design Engineer IV

FPGA Design CW Engineer

Pay: $100-$115/hr/W2

As an FPGA Design Engineer within the multidisciplinary Prototyping Team, you will employ your expertise in problem solving and prototyping to accelerate product development across hardware organization. You will collaborate with teams within Hardware Engineering, Research and Development, and Industrial Design. These projects cover a wide variety of technical challenges unique hardware portfolio, including Oculus, Portal, and beyond. The team is responsible for rapidly building and iterating polished high-fidelity prototypes and development platforms that bring new ideas to life by expressing design intent and user experience - using the best and most appropriate tools and techniques for the task.

We are seeking a FPGA Design Engineer who has a passion for working across disciplines (EE, FW/SW) to turn early cutting edge concepts and technologies into reality. As an FPGA Design Engineer, you will be responsible for design of new concepts, technologies and product development.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Partner with Design, Engineering and Research teams to identify and solve complex design and technological challenges

Designing, simulating, prototyping, debugging and testing of embedded systems which combine electronics, mechanics, optics and software with end-to-end ownership of product design throughout early product development

Collaborating in a team environment with cross-functional teams such system engineering, architecture, product design, NPI and research

Ability to execute multiple streams of work simultaneously and independently balance and prioritize project workload to ensure success against timeline constraints

RTL development and testing for FPGA targets/platforms to support rapid prototyping

Assist with algorithm analysis, verification and improvement

Direct contingent/contract design and test resources

Develop component and system level performance specifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

BS Electrical Engineering (EE), Computer Engineering (CE) or Computer Science (CS) or equivalent experience

8+ years of end-to-end FPGA design experience (RTL, Simulation, Implementation, Hands on bring-up and debug)

Experience with commercial HDL simulators (Modelsim/Questa)

Experience with Verilog and SystemVerilog

Experience with digital circuit design and various communications protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, I2S, USB, MIPI, PCIe, etc.

Experience with board level testing (oscilloscope, logic analyzer)

Collaboration and communication skills

Demonstrated domain knowledge in compute & systems development, proven track record in building advanced technology & product development

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience with verification environments/methodologies

Experience with streaming video protocols (MIPI, AXI-Stream, etc.)

Experience with scripting in TCL and Python

Master’s degree in EE, CE or CS or equivalent experience

Experience leading a multidisciplinary product engineering team, with oversight into mechanical, electrical, and firmware workstreams and integration between disciplines

Experience with embedded devices

Experience with cameras and optical systems

product and prototype