Job
- Level
- Senior
- Job Field
- Embedded
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Contract Type
- Permanent employment
- Location
- Gratkorn, Hamburg
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
Job Summary
In this role, you define FPGA strategy, develop prototyping platforms, and support critical projects through close collaboration with international teams and professional debugging tools.
Job Technologies
Your role in the team
- Define and drive FPGA strategy, methodologies, and development flows by leveraging industry-leading FPGA technologies, tools and best practices to address diverse project requirements.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement and evolution of FPGA tools, technologies, methodologies and design flows to enhance development efficiency and quality.
- Design, develop, and deploy FPGA-based prototyping and verification platforms, delivering scalable solutions that support internal stakeholders, including Verification, Validation, Firmware and Software teams.
- Perform FPGA design debugging and system bring-up using laboratory equipment and debugging tools such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and JTAG interfaces.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including design, verification, validation, firmware, and software engineering to investigate issues, implement corrective actions, and develop effective workarounds when required.
- Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, including user guides, defect reports, release notes and project status updates.
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Our expectations of you
Qualifications
- Starke Expertise im RTL-Design und in der Entwicklung mit SystemVerilog, Verilog und VHDL.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement timing constraints (SDC) and achieve timing closure for high-speed FPGA designs.
- Proficiency with simulation and verification tools such as ModelSim, VCS and Xcelium.
- Solid understanding of industry-standard on-chip communication protocols, including AHB, AXI, I²C, I3C and SPI.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate across multidisciplinary and geographically distributed teams.
- Willingness and ability to work on-site a minimum of three days per week.
Experience
- Proven track record of 7+ years in FPGA and/or ASIC engineering with experience delivering complex semiconductor solutions from design through implementation.
- Hands-on experience with industry-standard FPGA development and synthesis tools, including Vivado, Synplify and ChipScope.
- Proven experience working with leading FPGA platforms, with a preference for Xilinx/AMD devices; experience with Lattice or Altera FPGA solutions is also highly valued.
- Umfassendes Verständnis der Prozesse in der Embedded-Softwareentwicklung sowie praktische Erfahrung in der Softwareentwicklung und Fehlersuche für Embedded-CPU-Plattformen.
- Experience developing automation scripts and build environments using languages and tools such as Bash, Perl, Python, Tcl and CMake.
- Strong hardware and software debugging skills, with hands-on experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and SWD debugging tools.
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What we offer
- This high visible role offers the unique opportunity to influence product development throughout the entire lifecycle, from system architecture and FPGA prototyping to silicon validation and bring-up.
- Success in this position requires strong collaboration and effective communication with globally distributed teams across USA, Germany, France and India.
- If you are looking for a job in a fast-paced collaborative environment where you will see the products you work on in people's hands every day, we have a place for you!
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About Your Employer
NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH
NXP Semiconductors N.V. enables safe connections for a smarter world, thus contributing to improved and safe quality of life. As the world's leading provider of safe connectivity solutions in the embedded sector, NXP drives innovation in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile communications, and infrastructure markets.
Description
- Company Type
- Established Company
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Industry
- Industry, Production, Electronics, Automatization
Principal FPGA Engineer
- Location
- Gratkorn, Hamburg
- Working Model
- Hybrid, Onsite
- Diversity
- Open for all genders
- English Only
- English only required
