Role: FPGA Design Engineer

Industry Type: Defence & Aerospace

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Role Category: Hardware

Education: UG: B.Tech/B.E./Diploma in Electronics/Telecommunication, Electrical and Electronics, Aviation, Information Technology, Computers, Electrical

Salary: 4L – 15L

Experience: 3 - 10 years

Position openings: 2

Work location: Sadashivanagar, Bangalore

Description

We are looking for talented FPGA Design Engineers to work on advanced aerospace, satellite, RF, SDR, and electronic warfare systems. The role involves FPGA development for high-performance, mission-critical systems involving high-speed data processing, RF signal processing, SDR architectures, ADC/DAC interfaces, communication systems, and defence electronics. You will work closely with RF, hardware, embedded software, and systems teams to develop complete FPGA-based solutions from architecture and RTL design through implementation, testing, and system integration.

Candidates should have robust expertise in at least one of the following domains:

- RF and Microwave Electronics
- Satellite and Space Electronics
- Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems

Key Responsibilities

- Design, develop, and verify FPGA-based digital systems for aerospace, satellite, RF, SDR, and defence applications.
- Develop RTL designs using Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL.
- Implement high-speed digital signal-processing architectures including:

- Digital up/down conversion
- NCO/DDS
- FIR/IIR filtering
- Decimation/interpolation
- FFT and spectrum processing
- High-speed data acquisition and processing

- Interface FPGAs with high-speed ADCs, DACs, RF transceivers, processors, and memory devices.
- Work with high-speed interfaces such as JESD204B/JESD204C, DDR, Ethernet, SPI, I²C, UART, LVDS, and other digital interfaces.
- Develop FPGA architectures for Software Defined Radio (SDR), electronic warfare, satellite communication,



signal intelligence, and RF systems.
- Implement real-time signal-processing pipelines and optimize designs for throughput, latency, resource utilization, and timing closure.
- Perform FPGA simulation, functional verification, debugging, synthesis, place-and-route, and timing analysis.
- Work with FPGA development tools such as AMD Xilinx Vivado/Vitis or equivalent tools from other FPGA vendors.
- Perform FPGA and hardware bring-up, debugging, and system-level integration.
- Use laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and protocol analyzers for hardware/FPGA debugging.
- Collaborate with hardware, RF, embedded software, mechanical, and systems engineering teams.
- Prepare and maintain technical documentation including FPGA architecture documents, RTL documentation, interface specifications, test procedures, and verification reports.
- Contribute to the complete product development lifecycle from architecture and prototyping through qualification and production.

Required Skills (atleast three)

Candidates should have strong expertise in at least three of the following:

- Strong knowledge of FPGA architecture and RTL design.
- Hands-on experience with Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
- Experience with AMD Xilinx, Intel/Altera, or other FPGA platforms.
- Experience with Vivado/Vitis, or equivalent FPGA development tools.
- Experience with JESD204B/JESD204C or other high-speed ADC/DAC interfaces.




- Experience with DSP implementation on FPGAs.
- Knowledge of NCO/DDS, FIR filters, FFT, DDC/DUC, interpolation, decimation, and digital signal processing.
- Experience with high-speed serial and parallel interfaces such as DDR, Ethernet, LVDS, SPI, I²C, UART, etc.
- Experience interfacing FPGAs with ADCs, DACs, RF transceivers, processors, and memories.
- Understanding of clocking, PLLs/MMCMs, clock-domain crossing (CDC), reset architecture, and timing constraints.
- Experience with FPGA simulation, verification, synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure.
- Understanding of high-speed digital hardware and signal/power integrity.
- Hands-on experience with FPGA-based hardware bring-up and debugging.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience developing FPGA designs for RF/SDR systems.
- Experience working with high-speed ADC/DACs and JESD204 interfaces.
- Experience with real-time RF signal processing.
- Knowledge of communication systems and digital modulation techniques.
- Experience with Xilinx Zynq, Zynq UltraScale+, Versal, or similar FPGA/SoC platforms.
- Experience with embedded processors integrated with FPGA systems.
- Exposure to MIL-grade, aerospace, or high-reliability electronics.
- Experience with defence or aerospace product development and qualification processes.

Preferred/Additional Skills:

- ELINT / COMINT / SIGINT
- Experience with SDR platforms or satellite communication systems

Why Join Us

- Work on cutting-edge aerospace, satellite, RF, and defense technologies
- Opportunity to contribute to real-world space and electronic warfare systems
- End-to-end ownership across hardware, FPGA, RF, and embedded system development
- Exposure to advanced RF architectures, satellite subsystems, and high-performance electronics
- Strong technical learning environment with long-term growth opportunities

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