FPGA Engineer

We at Kandou are a team of passionate professionals striving to make a mark in the trajectory of the semiconductor industry. Our list of customers reads like a who’s is who of the technology world. If you love to be part of an adventure of a start-up challenging established tech giants and you are a proactive problem-solver who is motivated by pushing your limits and challenging the status quo, we have an opportunity for you.

Kandou is actively seeking a resourceful FPGA Engineer.

Responsibilities

• FPGA concept and design definition


• Close interaction with Verification engineers, Digital designers and validation/characterization engineers


• Validation and bring-up of devices and FPGAs in the lab


• Prototyping of new digital designs in FPGAs


• FPGA design and verification of very high-speed digital circuits


• Selection of FPGAs and tool set


• Support for post-silicon lab bring-up, debug, characterization and productization.


• Post processing of validation results in Python


• Analysis and understanding of high-speed serial protocols (USB4, PCIe, DP and Physical Coding Layer (PCS) )


• Close interaction with verification and physical implementation engineers to verify circuit functionality and compliance with area, timing and power requirements


• Support and interact with internal/external customers on requirements, design specifications, performance results


• Manage workload and schedules and report to internal management team and external customers

Skills

• Strong interest in the design of FPGAs and blocks for multi-Gigabit serial and parallel data-link transceivers


• Scripting (Python preferred) and tool setup skills.


• Passionate about FPGAs and FPGA design


• Knowledge of high-speed and low-power design techniques, and high-speed serial protocols is a plus


• Self-motivated, with strong sense of ownership and responsibility.


• Good communicator and team player with strong analytical skills


• Strong RTL coding skills (SystemVerilog preferred)


• Understanding of verification methodologies, in particular UVM, is an advantage.

Experience

• 5-10 years’ experience in designing for FPGA targets


• Strong technical background in FPGA design, validation and verification


• Proven experience in design and verification of FPGAs


• Experience in industry standard FPGA tools for design, simulation and verification


• Experience in digital high-speed blocks. High Speed interface competence and/or PCS experience would be a plus


• Experience in prototyping digital designs in FPGAs


• Proven experience with lab instruments and bench measurements for design validation


• Experience using Python or other scripting language for design validation and data analysis