FPGA Design Engineer – DSP, High-Speed Data Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Kansas, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Implement FPGA logic for DSP, RF data movement, sensor interfaces, control paths, and high-speed streaming or packetized data systems.

• Develop RTL using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog and assist with simulation, synthesis, implementation, and timing closure.

• Construct and troubleshoot AXI, AXI-Stream, FIFO, register, interrupt, clocking, reset, CDC, and DMA-facing interfaces under technical supervision.

• Aid in the integration of ADC/DAC, JESD204, Ethernet, PCIe-facing, transceiver, or other high-speed interfaces as project requirements dictate.

• Design and sustain software-friendly register maps, control/status interfaces, debug hooks, test modes, and bring-up documentation.

• Work together with embedded software engineers on register access, interrupts, data formats, buffer behavior, throughput, and latency objectives.

• Partner with electrical engineers during board bring-up, signal validation, clock/reset debugging, and hardware troubleshooting.

• Utilize FPGA debugging tools such as ILA, SignalTap, timing reports, simulations, and lab equipment to identify and resolve issues.

• Support rapid prototyping, bench tests, field demonstrations, and iterative design modifications in a dynamic R&D setting.

• Clearly document design intent, interfaces, constraints, test outcomes, and known limitations for team reuse.

⛳️ Requirements

• Must be eligible to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance - U.S. Citizenship is required.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Over 3 years of FPGA design experience with VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog, including simulation, implementation, and hands-on hardware debugging.

• Familiarity with AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, Lattice, or similar FPGA platforms.

• Solid understanding of synchronous digital design, timing closure, clock domains, resets, FIFOs, CDC, and FPGA implementation processes.

• Experience integrating FPGA logic into actual hardware and troubleshooting issues in a laboratory environment.

• Working knowledge of streaming data paths, register-mapped control, interrupts, and software-controlled FPGA systems.

• Ability to collaborate effectively with electrical, embedded software, RF, DSP, and systems engineers to create clean hardware/software interfaces.

• Strong communication skills to document interfaces, assumptions, constraints, and test results clearly.

🏝️ Benefits

• Employees may be required to attend in-person meetings, training sessions, lab work, field activities, or company events at Knowmadics offices or other designated locations.

• Travel to support business operations may also be necessary, and employees are expected to fulfill these obligations as part of their role.