FPGA /PLD Engineer – 6-Month Contract
Location: Augsburg, Germany
Working Model: Hybrid – remote working with regular on-site presence in Augsburg
Contract Duration: 6 months
Contract Type: Contract / Freelance
Language: English; German desirable
Role Overview
We are seekinganexperiencedFPGA / PLD Engineerto support thedevelopment of industrialautomation and embeddedcomputer platforms ona6-month contract.
The successful candidatewill be responsiblefor FPGA architecture, development, verification, hardware integration andvalidation, working closelywith hardware, embeddedsoftware, firmware andtest engineeringteams.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop FPGA andprogrammable logic solutionsfor industrial PCs, PLCs and embeddedcomputer platforms.
- Design, implement, verifyand maintain robustFPGA architectures forlong-lifecycle industrial products.
- Support the full FPGA development lifecycle, including:
- Requirements analysis
- Architecture definition
- RTL coding
- Simulation andverification
- Testing and hardwarebring-up
- Documentation and productsupport
- Design and integratehardware interfaces andbus-based communicationsystems, includingPCI, PCIe andbackplane communication.
- Work closely withhardware, embedded software, firmware, test, productmanagement and manufacturingteams to defineinterfaces and resolveintegration challenges.
- Participate inschematic reviews, componentselection and FPGApin assignment activities.
- Support designs involvingPCIe, LVDS andother high-speedcommunication standards.
- Contribute to signal-integrity considerationsand high-speedPCB design androuting.
- Support prototype bring-up, validation, testing, troubleshooting and debugging.
- Work with moderndevelopment tools, simulationenvironments, automatedtesting frameworks andversion-control systems.
- Contribute to continuousimprovement of engineeringprocesses, tools andmethodologies.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Degree inElectrical Engineering,Computer Engineering, EmbeddedSystems, Computer Scienceor a comparabletechnical discipline.
- Strong understanding ofdigital design principles, embedded systems andhardware interfaces.
- Experience with FPGAdevelopment usingVHDL, Verilog and/or SystemVerilog.
- Strong analytical andproblem-solving skills.
- Experience working withincross-functional andinternationalengineering teams.
Desirable Experience
- Experience with FPGA development environments such as:
- AMD/Xilinx Vivado
- Microchip Libero
- Intel Quartus
- Lattice development tools
- Or comparable FPGAtoolsets
- Experience integratingthird-partyIP blocksinto FPGA designs.
- Knowledge of simulation, verification, scripting, automation and CI/CD.
- Experience with high-speed hardware interfacesand communication protocols.
- Practical laboratory experiencewithoscilloscopes, logic analysersand programmable powersupplies.
- German language skillswould beadvantageous.
- Experience with moderndevelopment methodologiesand engineering bestpractices.
Ideal Candidate
We are lookingfor someone whois collaborative, technicallystrong and comfortableworking across hardwareand software disciplines. You should havea structured approachtosolving complex technicalproblems, strong attentionto detail andthe ability totake ownership ofFPGA development activitiesfrom requirements throughto hardware validation.
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