FPGA Engineer, Entry Level

Thorlabs Scientific Imaging group in Austin, Texas designs and manufactures state-of-the-art digital cameras and imaging systems. We are seeking a talented, experienced FPGA design and verification engineer to contribute to the development and commercialization of a FPGA-based, high-speed, data acquisition host adapters for Thorlabs microscopy products.

Essential Job Functions include the following, but are not limited to:

• Core member of the firmware development team from design to sustaining engineering
• Development of Field Programmable Gate Arrays including coding, test and functional verification, timing closure, and documentation. Emphasis on high-speed hardware data path, memory controllers, and PCIe interface
• Technology transfer from Thorlabs R&D division
• Working with internal customers to develop and finalize product requirements

Qualifications

Experience:

• Minimum 1 year FPGA design and product commercialization experience

Education:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or physics

Specialized Knowledge and Skills:

• Demonstrated strong VHDL and/or Verilog skills; logical and physical design, timing closure
• Recent design and validation of high-speed (100+ MHz), data-intensive FPGA functional blocks such as those found in radar, lidar, or HDTV using Xilinx development and simulation tools
• Working knowledge of basic signal processing techniques
• Some familiarity with PCIe bus and host computer architectures
• Contribution to test plans and project timelines
• Management of FPGA technical risk; including analysis, simulation, prototyping, and contingency planning
• FPGA-based product commercialization
• Use of version control tools such as Git

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