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Design Lead
India
Job Description
Design Lead
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Job Summary
We are seeking an experienced FPGA Design Engineer with strong expertise in AMD Versal/Zynq UltraScale+ FPGA devices and hands-on experience in implementing high-speed networking solutions. The ideal candidate will be responsible for architecting, designing, implementing, and optimizing FPGA-based systems for real-time, high-performance networking applications.
The candidate will play a key role in developing next-generation FPGA-based packet processing platforms, supporting hardware bring-up activities, and driving performance optimization for 400GbE-class networking solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Architecture & Design
Define and develop end-to-end FPGA architectures for:
- 400GbE Ethernet datapath solutions
- PCIe Gen5 x16 subsystems
- High-performance DMA architectures
- Multi-queue packet processing frameworks
- RSS (Receive Side Scaling) hashing engines
- SmartNIC and packet acceleration functionalities
- High-speed buffering and traffic management architectures
Design and implement hardware support for:
- Ethernet MAC integration
- VLAN and QinQ processing
- E-Tag insertion/removal
- MPLS, GRE, VXLAN, ERSPAN, and GTP-U packet parsing
- Flow classification and packet steering
RSS & Queue Management
- Design and implement RSS hashing engines using:
- Toeplitz Hash
- Symmetric Toeplitz Hash
- Custom hash algorithms
- Develop scalable queue management and packet steering architectures.
- Optimize flow affinity and packet ordering mechanisms.
- Analyze and improve packet distribution efficiency across processing cores.
Verification, Testing & Debugging
- Develop simulation environments, verification plans, and testbenches.
- Perform functional verification and hardware validation on evaluation and custom boards.
- Conduct FPGA bring-up and system-level integration testing.
- Debug FPGA designs using:
- Integrated Logic Analyzer (ILA)
- Vivado Hardware Manager
- Oscilloscopes
- Logic Analyzers
- Protocol Analyzers
- Drive timing closure and optimize:
- Throughput
- Latency
- Resource utilization
- Power consumption
- Perform CDC, RDC, and timing analysis for complex FPGA designs.
Technical Leadership
- Drive FPGA design methodologies, coding standards, and development best practices.
- Lead architecture and design review meetings.
- Mentor and guide junior FPGA engineers.
- Participate in customer discussions, requirement analysis, and technical reviews.
- Collaborate with hardware,
software, verification, and system engineering teams.
Skill Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 8 to 10 years of hands-on FPGA development experience.
- Strong experience with AMD Versal, Zynq UltraScale+, UltraScale+, or other high-end FPGA devices.
- Proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog RTL design and FPGA development flows.
- Robust background in embedded systems integration and FPGA-based system design.
- Experience implementing and debugging networking protocols and packet-processing pipelines.
- Solid understanding of:
- AXI4 / AXI-Stream protocols
- XDMA
- DDR memory interfaces
- Frame buffers
- High-speed serial interfaces
- Multi-gigabit transceivers
- Strong knowledge of digital design fundamentals, board-level hardware design, and schematic interpretation.
- Experience with FPGA timing closure, CDC analysis, and performance optimization.
- Excellent debugging skills using Vivado tools, ChipScope/ILA, and lab instrumentation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with 100GbE, 200GbE, or 400GbE Ethernet subsystems.
- Experience with PCIe Gen4/Gen5 subsystem integration.
- Exposure to SmartNIC, Network Packet Broker, or Network Acceleration platforms.
- Knowledge of RSS hashing, DMA architectures, and multi-queue networking solutions.
- Familiarity with DPDK, Linux networking stack, or packet-processing frameworks.
- Experience with hardware acceleration for networking, security, or telecom applications.
Other Requirements
Information at a Glance
Why HCLTech?
At HCLTech, you'll supercharge your potential. You'll find your career. And you'll find your spark. All at a place that knows that helping its customers stay on top starts by putting its people first.
HCLTech is a global technology company, home to more than 223,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products. We work with clients across all major verticals, providing industry solutions for Financial Services, Manufacturing, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Technology and Services, Telecom and Media, Retail and CPG, and Public Services. Consolidated revenues as of 12 months ending June 2026 totaled $14.8 billion.
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📌 Design Lead (India)
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