Senior FPGA Network Engineer

Location London
Discipline: Technology
Job type: Permanent
Salary: 100000
Contact name: Jacob Leigh

Contact email: jacob.leigh@hewittbanks.com
Contact phone: +441615524822
Job ref: 32070
Published: 3 months ago

Senior FPGA Network Engineer

We are developing disrupting technologies for ML/HPC systems that will revolutionise Data Centers and HPCs, speed up the AI/ML training/inference, and dramatically reduce energy consumption for a sustainable future.

We are looking for a Senior FPGA Engineer who can apply their knowledge and experience to design and implement a high-speed network interface card. Design, development, and testing of iterative product prototypes, with aim of getting a product to manufacture.

Responsibilities:

  • Meeting with the R&D team to discuss product ideas, concepts and issues

  • Presenting product designs to management and stakeholders.

  • Hands-on prototyping: in-house and external

  • Delivering an FPGA based system for use in lab and customer trials

  • Risk analysis, testing plans & protocols are essential for delivery of above

  • Build upon existing designs / prototypes

  • Detailed, scientific approach to report writing and documentation

Skills & Experience:

  • 5+ years of relevant industry hands-on experience in FPGA design for 100Gb/s network applications

  • Experience using PCIe, CXL, RDMA, DDR4, bare metal use of high-speed I/O like GTM and F-Tile transceivers, Ethernet, IP

  • Experience in PCIe driver development

  • Comprehensive understanding of clock domain crossing techniques

  • Strong knowledge of FPGA tool flows (synthesis, partitioning, place&route, timing analysis)

  • Excellent skills in SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL

  • Experience in scripting (tcl preferable) and Python programming

  • Experience using Questa, ModelSim, GHDL, Verilator, cocotb

  • Experience using Quartus/Vivado/Vitis

  • Experience in High Level Synthesis (HLS)

  • Experience using soft cores and SoC programming.

  • Experience with high-performance FPGA devices: Xilinx Versal Premium (preferable), Intel Agilex 7

  • A humble attitude and good communication skills

  • Ability to create a understanding of complex ideas, concepts and designs to a variety of audiences from multiple backgrounds

  • Bachelor or Master degree in electronics engineering, physics, or other relevant fields or experience within the industry;

Benefits:

  • Highly competitive salary

  • Generous stock options

  • 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)

  • Direct business impact with short feedback loop

  • Hybrid working

  • Relocation assistance & visa sponsorship provided where necessary