Principal FPGA Engineer

In this role, you will be responsible for defining and advancing STI’s FPGA strategy, methodologies and design flows. You will develop and maintain FPGA-based prototyping platforms that accelerate product development and facilitate collaboration across architecture, design, verification, validation, firmware, and software development teams. Working closely with cross-functional stakeholders, you will play a key role in accelerating product development, enabling system validation, and ensuring the successful delivery of innovative and secure technology solutions., * 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.

• Proven track record of 7+ years in FPGA and/or ASIC engineering with experience delivering complex semiconductor solutions from design through implementation.
• Strong expertise in RTL design and development using SystemVerilog, Verilog and VHDL.
• 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.
• 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.
• Comprehensive understanding of embedded software engineering processes and practical experience in software development and debugging for embedded CPU platforms.
• Experience developing automation scripts and build environments using languages and tools such as Bash, Perl, Python, Tcl and CMake.
• Solid understanding of industry-standard on-chip communication protocols, including AHB, AXI, I²C, I3C and SPI.
• Strong hardware and software debugging skills, with hands-on experience using laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and SWD debugging tools.
• 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.