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# FPGA Engineer

- **Company:** LEDGENT
- **Location:** Sunnyvale, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $190,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Digital Technology, Ethernet, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Serial Communications, Software Engineering, Real Time Systems, Real Time Data
- **Published:** September 3, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/19a6725a-e9fd-4695-8788-98243f40abed

## About the Role

* 5-8 years of FPGA experience
 * Strong Xilinx FPGA experience
 * Experience owning FPGA projects from architecture/design through production
 * Real-time systems, serial communication, and Ethernet protocols
 * Ability to work closely with both software and electrical engineering teams

Nice-to-haves:

 * PCB design experience
 * Software development experience
 * Mixed-signal / analog-digital system exposure

## Description

What the candidate will work on in the first 6 months

 * Next-generation platform redesign (their current e-beam lithography machine is getting a new iteration, so the candidate will be working on that.
 * Heavy architecture and new development work (80% new design / 20% support)
 * Custom serial communications and real-time data systems

Hiring manager emphasized that candidates with Xilinx FPGA experience, end-to-end ownership, and cross-functional hardware/software collaboration will rise to the top


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