FPGA Verification Engineer (remote or based in Grand Rapids, MI)
This position is eligible for fully remote work; however, we are also accepting candidates interested in working in and/or relocating to Grand Rapids, MI.
DornerWorks, a leader in embedded engineering design services, is seeking an experienced FPGA Verification Engineer to join our talented team. As one of just a few Premier Members of Xilinx’s Alliance Program, our FPGA team provides expertise in programmable logic designs targeting SoCs, FPGAs, and CPLDs for industry leaders throughout the country. You will contribute to all aspects of the electronic design project life cycle; research, planning, design, architecture, and testing. If you know how to deliver, are excited by continually honing your technical skills, and long for the opportunity to build solutions for challenging problems, this is the position for you.
Working at DornerWorks is a little different than most companies. We get the opportunity to work with a variety of customers in nearly every industry to help them produce standout products. Our customers engage us to develop all or part of new product development or existing product rework. You will work with our expert FPGA team and our embedded engineers to produce amazing products. Then we do it over again for a new customer or project and often with a new project team.
Through the ideas of our employees, we’ve created a culture where not only do our employees have fun, they look forward to coming to work as well! From snacks to nerf guns to core hours to work life balance to dwSocial events, we continue to make DornerWorks culture a fun and fulfilling place to work. Do you see yourself in a culture like this?
What DornerWorks has for you:
- Diverse, engaging, collaborative and challenging work.
- Continuous learning. Work multiple diverse projects each year – different technologies, products, and industries.
- Annual FPGA or relevant training with industry partners.
- Work from home or in-person, while doing what you love.
- Be an engineer, not a digital paper pusher.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Flex Fridays – you want an extra 26 days off? Compressed work week, with the opportunity to take every other Friday off and flexible hours.
- Healthy work/life balance. At DornerWorks’ that is not just an empty slogan; it is one of our core values.
- Organized social events, both onsite and virtual. We promise you’ll have fun!
- Supportive team – not a cut throat environment but supportive and encouraging.
What you will be doing:
- Support development of architecture and detailed specifications for innovative electronic products.
- Develop, test or verify detailed designs to meet customer requirements and specifications.
- Collaborate with the team and customers to deliver stand out FPGA solutions.
- Conduct testing and analysis, including simulation in Siemens QuestaSim and Vivado Xsim.
- Focus on continuous improvement for technology, tools and processes.
What we like to see:
- Experience with FPGA IP development, integration, evaluation, and validation.
- Experience with high speed design, including DDR3, SERDES, Gigabit Transceivers, PCle, Ethernet, etc.
- Experience with certification of complex electronic hardware devices, including but not limited to RTCA/DO-254, Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware
- Digital Signal Processing design for FPGA devices, both programming and testing.
- Model-Based Design using tools such as Matlab/Simulink, Xilinx System Generator or Intel/Altera DSP Builder.
- Experience with the latest SoC devices such as Xilinx Zynq and Zynq Ultrascale+.
What we need from you:
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) or Computer Engineering (BSCE) (or BSECE).
- 3+ years’ experience developing FPGA designs from concept definition to production.
- Proficiency in FPGA architecture, design, modeling, simulation, and verification in VHDL, Verilog, and/or System Verilog a plus.
- Proficient working in the Linux environment.
- Solid understanding of digital design principles and synchronous design techniques.
- Comfortable with scripting languages such as Python, Tcl, Bash, and Makefile.
- Proficiency with FPGA design tools such as Vivado.
- Collaborative spirit to engage and innovate with the DornerWorks team and customers.
- Knack for communication, both verbally and in writing, to interface across the organization and with technical partners and customers.
- Working knowledge of circuit design and layout techniques, including analog, digital, programmable logic, and microcontroller technologies.
- Strong technical writing.
- Unrestricted right to work in the US without requiring sponsorship.
Learn more about DornerWorks and our culture from our website at www.DornerWorks.com.
DornerWorks is an equal opportunity employer and participates in the E-Verify program. EEO/M/F/Disabled/Veteran.
This facility operates under International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and therefore, any person hired must demonstrate with verifiable documentation that they are either: (i) a U.S. Citizen; (ii) an active Green Card Holder; or (iii) a “Protected Person” as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324 (b)(a)(3).
Key words: FPGA, Custom Logic, Programmable Logic, CPLD, SoC, Timing Analysis, Timing Closure, VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, RTL, Tcl, Python, Xilinx, Vivado, ISE, SDSoC, HLS, Altera, Quartus, MATLAB, Simulink, SystemGenerator, DSP Builder, QuestaSim, ModelSim, DO-254, SMPTE, Video, DDR3, DDR4, Flash, PCIe, Ethernet, Linux, Gigabit Transceivers, SERDES, DSP, RADAR, Zynq, UltraScale+, MPSoC, Microblaze, Nios-II, AXI; aerospace, defense, medical, automotive
