Job Overview:

The FPGA Technical Lead is responsible for driving the complete FPGA design lifecycle — from architecture definition to on-board validation — for complex digital and wireless communication systems. This role demands both strong technical expertise and leadership capability to guide engineers, ensure design excellence, and deliver mission-critical FPGA-based solutions on schedule and within quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

- Technical Leadership

- Own the FPGA design architecture and implementation for assigned subsystems or projects.
- Translate high-level system requirements and signal processing algorithms into efficient FPGA architectures.
- Lead design partitioning between FPGA fabric, embedded ARM cores (for SoCs), and external components.
- Review and optimize RTL code for timing closure, power, and resource utilization.
- Guide the team in synthesis, P&R;, STA, and bitstream generation for Xilinx/AMD platforms.
- Lead root cause analysis for FPGA/hardware integration issues.

- Design & Development

- Develop RTL (VHDL/Verilog) modules for signal processing, control, and high-speed data interfaces.
- Implement and verify digital signal processing modules such as filters, modulators, encoders, and error correction blocks (LDPC, Turbo, etc.).
- Define and maintain FPGA design documentation — architecture specs, interface definitions, implementation reports, and timing analysis records.
- Integrate FPGA logic with embedded ARM software for SoC-based systems (e.g., Zynq/Zynq UltraScale+).

- Verification & Validation

- Develop and review simulation testbenches using ModelSim or XSIM.
- Drive functional verification, coverage, and regression test planning.
- Support hardware bring-up, integration testing, and validation using real-time signals and tactical radio platforms.

- Process & Quality

- Ensure adherence to ISO 9001:2015 and internal FPGA design development processes.




- Conduct design reviews — input, output, verification, and change reviews — with documented MoMs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (System, Firmware, Hardware, QA) to ensure seamless product integration.

- Mentorship & Team Building

- Mentor junior engineers in RTL design, FPGA methodologies, and debugging practices.
- Provide technical guidance during code reviews, synthesis, and timing closure.
- Encourage continuous learning, reusability, and innovation in FPGA workflows.

Qualified Skills:

- RTL design in VHDL/Verilog
- Xilinx tools for synthesis and implementation
- Thorough understanding of Xilinx FPGA’s
- Simulation and verification using ModelSim/XSIM
- Synthesis, place-and-route, static timing analysis, and constraint management
- Hands on with Zynq SoC or Zynq UltraScale+ platforms preferred
- Familiarity with scripting (Tcl/Python/Shell) for simulation & compilation automation
- Hardware Design: Logic Design & Debugging expertise
- Good to have implemented DSP algorithms in FPGA environment for Radar, wireless communication
- Good to have modelled the algorithms in Octave/MATLAB, generated test vectors, visualized data.
- Working knowledge on interfacing with ADCs and DACs and interpreting their performance.
- Configuration/Version control tools like SVN

Desired Attributes/ Softskills

- Strong analytical and debugging skills at both RTL and board levels.
- Ability to architect modular and reusable FPGA designs.
- Effective communicator with a collaborative mindset across hardware, software, and system teams.
- Ownership-driven attitude with a focus on delivery excellence, decision making and design integrity.
- Enthusiastic mentor fostering technical growth within the team.

Job Category: Tech Lead

Job Type: Full Time

Job Location: Bangalore

Experience: 6 to 10 Years 4 to 8 Years

Education: Electronics and Communication Engineering Computer Science Engineering Electrical and Electronics Engineering

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