Hardware Design Engineer -Aerospace

Senior FPGA Design Engineer

📍 Location: Bengaluru, India

💼 Experience: 3–6 Years

🏢 Industry: Aerospace | Defence | Embedded Systems

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior FPGA Design Engineer with strong expertise in FPGA design and development for high-performance embedded systems used in Aerospace and Defence applications. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience in FPGA architecture, RTL development, verification, timing closure, and board bring-up using Xilinx or Intel FPGA platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement FPGA solutions using VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Perform FPGA architecture definition, RTL design, synthesis, implementation, and timing closure.
• Develop and execute testbenches for functional verification and validation.
• Work on high-speed interfaces including PCIe, DDR3/DDR4, Ethernet, USB, UART, SPI, and I²C.
• Integrate and validate ADC/DAC interfaces and embedded peripherals.
• Perform Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) analysis and Static Timing Analysis (STA).
• Debug FPGA designs at board level using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and debugging tools.
• Collaborate with Hardware, Embedded Software, and System Engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Participate in design reviews, documentation, verification, and product validation.
• Support board bring-up, hardware debugging, and production activities.

Required Skills

• 3–6 years of hands-on FPGA design and development experience.
• Strong expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Experience with Xilinx Vivado and Xilinx ISE.
• Experience with Intel/Altera Quartus is an added advantage.
• Strong understanding of:
• FPGA Architecture
• RTL Design & Development
• Functional Verification
• Testbench Development
• Clock Domain Crossing (CDC)
• Static Timing Analysis (STA)
• Experience with communication interfaces:
• PCIe
• DDR3/DDR4
• Ethernet
• USB
• UART
• SPI
• I²C
• Experience integrating ADC/DAC interfaces.
• Hands-on experience in FPGA board bring-up and hardware debugging.
• Good understanding of digital electronics and embedded systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Aerospace, Defence, Avionics, Radar, SATCOM, or Embedded Product Development.
• Exposure to FPGA-based signal processing or high-speed digital design.
• Familiarity with embedded processors/SoCs such as Xilinx Zynq is desirable.
• Experience working in a complete product development lifecycle.

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electronics & Communication, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation, or a related discipline.

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting-edge Aerospace & Defence technologies.
• Opportunity to develop advanced FPGA-based embedded systems.
• Collaborative engineering environment with exposure to high-reliability product development.
• Career growth in next-generation embedded and FPGA technologies.