Staff FPGA Engineer - Rolling Meadows, IL

COMPANY BACKGROUND

Epiq Solutions develops cutting-edge software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions to enable spectrum dominance for maritime land air and space domains. With 15 years serving government and commercial enterprise customers and 25K devices fielded to date Epiq Solutions is a trusted partner with a proven heritage of delivering open architecture products in radically small form factors where time-to-market cost and performance are critical for mission success.

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JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Digital Design (FPGA) Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team. In this role you will be instrumental in designing implementing and optimizing field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions that are critical to our products performance and success. If you have a passion for hardware development and a record of excellence in FPGA design we invite you to apply and help shape the future of our innovative technology.

• Design and implement complex FPGA designs including requirements analysis specification RTL coding simulation and verification.
• Optimize FPGA designs for performance resource utilization power and cost.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to define board-level interfaces and ensure the successful integration of FPGA designs.
• Develop and maintain FPGA design documentation including design specifications test plans and user guides.
• Participate in code reviews and promote best practices in RTL coding and design.
• Develop FPGA verification environments using self-checking testbenches and advanced verification methodologies.
• Debug and troubleshoot FPGA designs at both the hardware and system level.
• Participate in architectural discussions and contribute to the development of system-level solutions.
• Maintain knowledge of the latest FPGA technologies and best practices to ensure designs are up-to-date and efficient.
• Support the creation of project timelines and milestones ensuring FPGA design tasks meet project deadlines.
• Interface with customers and stakeholders to gather requirements and provide technical support as needed.
• Continuously improve the FPGA development process proposing and implementing design and verification flow enhancements.
• Mentor and coach junior staff on FPGA design techniques and industry standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including software mechanical and systems engineering to deliver high-quality products.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or a related field
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in FPGA design and development
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams (software hardware and mechanical engineers) to integrate and debug systems
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Proficiency in hardware description languages (HDLs) such as VHDL or Verilog
• Deep understanding of the FPGA implementation process including synthesis place and route and timing closure
• Knowledge and understanding of RF digital signal processing (DSP) techniques and implementation on FPGAs
• Experience with AMD FPGAs and SoCs (Artix Kintex Zynq MPSoC Versal) and AMD adaptive computing design implementation and verification tools (Vivado Vitis)
• Understanding of high-speed communication protocols and interfaces such as PCIe 1 to 100 Gigabit Ethernet JESD204B/C DDR4 etc.
• Understanding of electronics and circuit design including schematic entry and PCB layout and power considerations for FPGAs
• Experience with version control systems like Git or SVN
• Eligibility to work on Federal contracts which require US Citizenship

BENEFITS

• Join a successful and growing company investing in our future success
• Flexible work hours
• Generous vacation policy
• Paid five-week sabbatical every five years
• 401(k) matching
• Health dental vision insurance
• Life short and long-term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Wellness reimbursement
• Charitable Giving Company Match
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience and performance
• Fun laid-back culture and rewarding work!

Epiq Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.