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# Hardware Design Engineer - FPGA

- **Company:** Kforce Inc.
- **Location:** Tempe, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Altium Designer, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Digital Electronics, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Schematic Capture, Signal Integrity, Software Engineering, Systems Architecture, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Data Processing, Fpga Hardware
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/c8bd948c-fa9c-444a-a285-89f4292bd171

## About the Role

* BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related discipline
 * 5+ years of relevant engineering experience involving FPGA development and/or advanced digital hardware
 * Demonstrated experience developing synthesizable RTL with SystemVerilog, Verilog, or VHDL
 * Experience designing digital electronics using professional schematic capture and PCB design environments such as Cadence, Xpedition, Altium, or similar
 * Understanding of high-speed digital interfaces, timing, signal integrity, and board-level design principles
 * Strong hands-on laboratory skills, particularly integrating FPGA firmware with prototype hardware and troubleshooting system-level issues

## Description

Kforce's client in Tempe, AZ is seeking a Hardware Design Engineer - FPGA., Our client is seeking an experienced hardware design engineer to develop high-performance digital electronics for advanced communications and space systems. This position combines FPGA development with high-speed board-level hardware design, making it well suited for an engineer who is comfortable working across both programmable logic and physical electronics.
The Hardware Design Engineer - FPGA will contribute throughout the development cycle, from system architecture and circuit definition through RTL implementation, prototype integration, laboratory debugging, analysis, and environmental qualification.

Key Responsibilities

 * Develop complex digital circuit boards incorporating FPGAs, processors/SoCs, memory, converters, and high-speed interfaces
 * Create schematics and establish design requirements and constraints for PCB implementation
 * Design and verify RTL using SystemVerilog, Verilog, and/or VHDL
 * Implement FPGA functionality supporting data processing, control logic, communications, and high-throughput interfaces
 * Integrate FPGA firmware with custom hardware and support initial board power-up and system bring-up
 * Collaborate with talented engineering teams throughout product development