Senior Technical Leader

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced FPGA Design Lead with 12+ years of industry experience in FPGA development, DO-254 compliant avionics projects, RTL design, verification, and team leadership. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise in Xilinx and Microchip FPGA technologies, end-to-end FPGA development lifecycle execution, customer interaction, proposal preparation, and engineering team management.

Key Responsibilities

Lead FPGA development projects through the complete project lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture definition, design, verification, validation, integration, and deployment.
Execute FPGA development activities in compliance with DO-254 certification guidelines for safety-critical aerospace and avionics applications.
Develop high-quality RTL designs using VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog.
Perform FPGA verification activities including simulation, testbench development, functional verification, and debugging.
Design and implement FPGA-based solutions using Xilinx and Microchip FPGA platforms.
Lead technical reviews including requirements reviews, design reviews, code reviews, and verification reviews.
Interface with customers and stakeholders to understand requirements and provide technical solutions.
Prepare technical proposals, estimations, project plans, and support business development activities.
Manage and mentor engineering teams of up to 10 engineers.
Drive project execution, resource allocation, risk management, and technical decision-making.
Support FPGA-based product development from concept through production release.
Collaborate with hardware, software, system, and verification teams for successful product delivery.

Required Technical Skills

FPGA Design & Verification

Extensive experience in FPGA RTL design and verification.
Strong knowledge of FPGA architecture and implementation methodologies.
Experience in timing closure, synthesis, place-and-route, and performance optimization.

FPGA Platforms

Xilinx FPGA families (Spartan, Artix, Kintex, Virtex, Zynq, Ultrascale).
Microchip FPGA families (RTG4, PolarFire, SmartFusion, ProASIC).

Development Tools

Xilinx Vivado
Xilinx Vitis
Microchip Libero SoC
Simulation and debugging tools like Modelsim/Questasim

Interface Protocols

Hands-on Design And Integration Experience With

AXI
AHB
SPI
I2C
UART
PCIe
Ethernet
DDR3/4
External Parallel interfaces between processors and FPGA

Domain Experience

DO-254 Full Life Cycle for DAL A/B
Aerospace and Avionics systems
FPGA-based product development
Safety-critical electronic systems

Leadership & Management Skills

Engineering team leadership and mentoring.
Resource planning and utilization management.
Project planning and execution.
Customer communication and stakeholder management.
Technical proposal writing and solution presentation.
Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Electronics & communication(must)
12+ years of experience in FPGA based RTL design, development and verification.
Proven experience in DO-254 full lifecycle projects and Familiarity with aerospace certification processes.
Experience leading team.
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