FPGA Architect

Q Tech
Barcelona, Spain
26 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience required
7 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

C++ (Programming Language) Digital Electronics Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Static Timing Analysis SystemVerilog

Job description

They’re looking for someone with strong architectural thinking who still enjoys being hands-on.

  • Define FPGA architecture aligned with the overall system
  • Decide what belongs in hardware vs software
  • Design synchronization and communication layers across FPGAs
  • Collaborate closely with software teams (C++) and technical stakeholders
  • Translate complex use cases into real solutions
  • Stay involved in implementation (~50% hands-on)

The team

  • Barcelona-based R&D team, highly international (40+ nationalities)
  • Close collaboration with US-based teams
  • Working alongside another very senior FPGA engineer
  • Strong engineering culture, focused on quality and long-term thinking (not delivery-driven)
  • SystemVerilog (core)
  • FPGA validation, simulation, static timing analysis
  • C++ environment (understanding HW/SW interaction is key)

Requirements

  • 7+ years of experience in digital electronics / FPGA
  • Proven experience as an FPGA Architect
  • Solid background in validation, simulation, and timing
  • Collaborative, with strong technical judgment

Why this could be interesting

  • Highly complex product with real impact in cutting-edge industries
  • Deep technical challenges (not maintenance or trivial legacy work)
  • Growth phase with strong product expansion

Benefits & conditions

You would be working on a product that enables multiple instruments (each with its own FPGA) to behave as a single, tightly synchronized system in real time.

  • Distributed systems with multiple FPGAs
  • Deterministic execution with phase coherence
  • Synchronization and communication across thousands of channels
  • Use cases in quantum computing, radar, 5G/6G, and MIMO systems

This is not an isolated IP problem - it’s a system-level architecture challenge.

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