FPGA Engineer – RISC-V & Advanced Digital Systems

The Role:

In the Innovation department we are seeking an experienced FPGA Engineer to work on the design prototyping and validation of complex FPGA-based systems with a strong focus on RISC-V-based platforms high-performance digital design and advanced system-level prototyping in mixed researchindustry environments.

You will play a key role in defining and implementing FPGA-centric architectures used for early system validation hardware/software co-development performance evaluation and risk reduction ahead of ASIC or product-level implementations. The role combines hands-on FPGA technical leadership with acting as a technical interface with other departments of the company ensuring effective collaboration and high-quality outcomes in FPGA developments.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and contribute to FPGA-based system design flows from architectural definition and RTL design to implementation timing closure and on-board validation.
• Define and implement FPGA architectures including RISC-V-based systems accelerators and complex digital subsystems.
• Drive technical decisions related to RTL design simulation synthesis place & route timing closure and FPGA sign-off.
• Design implement and maintain FPGA prototypes to validate architectures subsystems and full systems.
• Enable early software bring-up hardware/software co-verification and performance characterization using FPGA platforms.
• Interface with FPGA vendors and toolchains (Xilinx/AMD Intel/Altera or equivalent) and external industrial partners.
• Act as technical point of contact for FPGA design and prototyping contracts with other departments of the company and external collaborators.
• Coordinate supervise and technically validate externally developed FPGA designs ensuring alignment with internal architectures schedules and quality requirements.
• Facilitate effective collaboration and technology transfer between internal teams and public research institutions.
• Contribute to European collaborative R&D projects representing the company in technical discussions with research institutes universities and industrial partners.
• Support technology scouting and evaluation of new FPGA platforms IPs and prototyping methodologies.

Required Qualifications:

• Masters degree in Electronics Engineering or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in FPGA and digital system design within microelectronics or embedded systems environments.
• Proven experience with complete FPGA design flows: RTL simulation synthesis P&R timing closure and on-board validation.
• Strong expertise in digital design languages (VHDL Verilog SystemVerilog).
• Extensive hands-on experience with FPGA platforms and toolchains (Xilinx/AMD Vivado Intel Quartus or equivalent).
• Solid background in RISC-V systems embedded processors and SoC-like FPGA architectures.
• Experience with hardware/software co-design FPGA-based system bring-up and debugging.
• Deep understanding of FPGA design methodologies constraints and performance optimization.

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience using FPGAs as ASIC prototyping or pre-silicon validation platforms.
• Experience in high-performance computing AI accelerators or data-intensive systems.
• Previous involvement in EU-funded collaborative R&D projects (Horizon Europe Chips JU IPCEI etc.).
• Familiarity with high-speed interfaces (PCIe DDR Ethernet SerDes).

What Do We Offer

• Join a highly innovative microelectronics company working at the forefront of FPGA-based system prototyping and RISC-V platforms.
• Opportunity to play a key technical leadership role in advanced digital system validation and HW/SW co-development.
• Collaboration with top-tier research institutions and industrial partners across Europe.
• Flexible working conditions and hybrid work environment.
• Competitive remuneration aligned with seniority and expertise.
• Position based in Barcelona.

We are looking for outstanding people willing to join our mission to change this industry and help to build a better world.

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