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Macnica Americas · 3 days ago

Senior Staff Engineer- FPGA RTL Engineer

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

10+ years exp

Macnica Americas, Inc. is the North American division of Macnica Fuji Electronics Holdings, Inc., a $10 billion technology solutions provider. They are seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff FPGA RTL Engineer to architect and implement advanced RTL designs for complex digital and SoC systems, collaborating cross-functionally to optimize FPGA-based solutions for real-time applications.

ElectronicsManufacturingSemiconductorSoftwareVideo

H1B Sponsor Likely

Hiring Manager

Taryn Ross

Responsibilities

Architect, design, and implement advanced RTL using Verilog and SystemVerilog for complex digital and SoC systems

Lead FPGA development efforts across Intel/Altera and AMD/Xilinx platforms, including IP integration, timing closure, and system optimization

Perform in-depth simulation, verification, linting, CDC analysis, and system-level validation

Develop and integrate embedded C/C++ software for FPGA configuration, testing, and control

Define and implement FPGA constraints, conduct static timing analysis, and optimize builds for performance, resource efficiency, and power

Work hands-on in the lab with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and JTAG/ILA tools to debug and validate hardware

Collaborate with firmware, software, and system architects to ensure seamless end-to-end integration

Participate in design reviews, documentation, architecture discussions, and mentoring junior engineers

Drive continuous improvement in development methodology, verification quality, and design robustness

Qualification

Verilog/SystemVerilogFPGA toolchainsAXI interfacesPCI Express designHigh-speed digital interfacesFPGA constraint setupRTL simulationEmbedded C/C++ developmentLinux development environmentsSoft skills

Required

10+ years of experience developing complex RTL designs using Verilog/SystemVerilog

Extensive hands-on experience with AMD/Xilinx (Vivado, Vitis, BDs, Zynq/Ultrascale+) and Intel/Altera (Quartus, Platform Designer/Qsys) FPGA toolchains

Extensive, hands-on experience with AXI (AXI4, AXI-Lite, AXI-Stream) for high-performance and control-plane designs

Extensive experience with Intel Avalon (Avalon-MM, Avalon-ST) on Qsys/Platform Designer systems

Deep experience with PCI Express design and integration, including: PCIe endpoints/RCs, DMA engines, High-bandwidth streaming or memory-mapped PCIe pipelines, Driver interaction and debug

Strong expertise with high-speed digital interfaces, such as Ethernet (1G/10G/25G+) MAC/PHY, SERDES/transceivers, DDR3/DDR4/DDR5, HDMI/SDI or other video PHYs

Strong background with FPGA constraint setup, timing closure, clocking strategies, and CDC design practices

Proficiency with RTL simulation, UVM or similar verification methodologies, and hardware debug tools

Hands-on lab experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, pattern generators, and FPGA debug instrumentation (ILA/SignalTap)

5+ years of experience with FPGA-based SoCs and embedded development in C/C++

Familiarity with Linux-based development environments and scripting languages (Python, Tcl, bash)

B.S. or M.S. in: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

10+ years of hands-on FPGA/SoC design and development experience

Preferred

Experience with Ethernet, SERDES, DDR, HDMI, and other high-speed interfaces is highly desirable

Candidates with backgrounds in video processing, Pro-AV, broadcast, imaging pipelines, or JPEG/MPEG compression technologies will be strongly preferred

Experience with video, imaging, or compression pipelines (JPEG, MPEG, JPEG2000, JPEG XS, etc.) is a strong plus

Knowledge of packet processing, video-over-IP, Pro-AV, broadcast, or imaging systems is a plus

Benefits

15 days of vacation, plus 12 days of national holidays

40 hrs. of paid sick time off

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401 (k) with company matching

HSA/ FSA

Company

Macnica Americas

Macnica Americas manufactures imaging, video, networking, and storage products like semiconductors, modules, displays, IP cores & software.

Founded in 1972

Solana Beach, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

https://www.macnica.com/americas/

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