Senior FPGA Engineer

at  Topic Software Development

Is it in your DNA to make the world a little better, healthier and smarter every day? Do you enjoy seeing the result of your work reflected in various products like medical devices, worlds most advanced radio telescopes, flight simulators, a domestic monitoring system, autonomous vehicles or a high bandwidth solution for photonic encryption? Are you passionate about creating advanced and highly innovative solutions and using the latest AMD FPGA technologies? Join us at TOPIC!

• Design, implementation and verification of subsystems, modules and components;
• Create complex HDL designs and work with large FPGA’s like Zynq Ultrascale+ and Virtex Ultrascale+;
• Determine how data and algorithms are processed and mapped on the FPGA hardware;
• Ensure that timing and resource constraints are met;
• Work on pin placement together with hardware engineers;
• Create modules and subcomponents with VHDL and HLS and simulate to ensure your design is working as to be expected;
• Write high quality and structured embedded software;
• Sparring partner for peers and stakeholders in- and outside of the team;
• Participate in meetings (standup, sprint planning, retrospective, design/architectural sessions) and sharing your thoughts and ideas;
• Code review and coaching of (junior) engineers.
• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems or Computer Science;
• You have at least 6+ years of experience in complex FPGA design and VHDL development on Xilinx and/or Altera FPGA. You are familiar with Vivado and HLS and simulation tools such as ModelSim or Questa and have solid experience with firmware testing and integration;
• Expertise on embedded software/firmware development in C and/or C++ and knowledge of Python, Rust and Matlab is a bonus;
• You have an excellent command of English (both oral and written); knowledge of the Dutch language would be a big plus