Senior FPGA Development Engineer

About the role

FireFly GX is recruiting a Senior FPGA Development Engineer for an electronics business in Novi, Michigan. The team designs high-speed digital hardware and is expanding against a growing order book. This is a hands-on RTL role with ownership from architecture through to hardware bring-up — not a specification-writing position.

What you'll do

• Own FPGA designs from architecture through to hardware bring-up and release
• Write synthesisable RTL in VHDL or SystemVerilog for high-speed digital designs
• Build and maintain simulation testbenches and verification environments
• Drive synthesis, place and route, and timing closure in Vivado or Quartus
• Support hardware bring-up and debug alongside the PCB and firmware teams
• Review the work of less experienced engineers and support their development

Key skills

• Strong RTL design experience in VHDL or SystemVerilog
• Xilinx Vivado or Intel Quartus toolchain experience
• Simulation and verification methodology
• Timing constraints and timing closure on high-speed designs
• Scripting in Python or Tcl for build and test automation
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Electronic or Computer Engineering

Also useful

• UVM verification methodology
• DSP or signal processing implementation on FPGA
• High-speed serial interfaces — PCIe, Ethernet, SerDes
• Experience mentoring junior engineers

What's on offer

• Salary of $130,000 – $167,000 depending on experience
• Ownership of designs end to end rather than a narrow slice
• Growing team with an established order book behind it
• Full benefits package and 401(k)