Freeform
Technology
PrincipalFPGAEngineer
“Principal FPGA Engineer at Freeform. Skills: FPGA, Real-time ML, Heterogeneous computing. Architect compute platform. Lead development of compute platform”
Industry & Context.
Solving hard problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or related field, 15+ years of FPGA development experience, SystemVerilog or VHDL experience, Familiarity with Xilinx Vivado/Vitis toolchain, Experience with high-speed IO, Experience with board bring up, Experience with hardware-centric FPGA development
Nice to Have
Master's degree, Experience with image processing, Experience with DSP, Experience with Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC, Experience with embedded software development, Experience with embedded Linux, Experience with SoC-based architectures, Experience implementing math/advanced computations on FPGAs, Experience with heterogeneous computing platforms, Experience with high-speed data acquisition systems, Familiarity with C/C++, Excellent verbal and written communication skills, Creative thinker, Able to apply first-principles reasoning
What You'll Do.
Architect compute platform
Lead development of compute platform
Process frames per second
Leverage Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC
Couple FPGA fabric with GPUs
Build heterogeneous computing platforms
Pioneer FPGAs for real-time ML
Develop RTL components
Implement signal processing algorithms
Design controllers for laser systems
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-disciplinary engineering efforts; Software engineering; Electrical engineering; Process engineering
Communication Scope
Verbal communication; Written communication
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