At Freeform, we’re scaling a world-changing technology: AI-driven, intelligent metal 3D printing. We are looking for an FPGA Engineer to architect and implement the custom compute platform at the heart of this system. Your work will use the latest FPGAs to scale a high-throughput, ultra-low latency image processing pipeline and integrate with GPUs to accelerate machine learning.
What You'll Do
- Architect and implement FPGA solutions to scale a high-throughput, ultra-low latency image processing pipeline.
- Lead interdisciplinary efforts between software, electrical, and process engineering to drive innovation on FPGA capabilities.
- Architect and implement custom FPGA capabilities to enable real-time machine learning.
- Architect and implement new logic components for use on FPGAs.
- Implement custom algorithms on FPGAs for signal processing.
- Implement custom controllers on FPGAs.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of FPGA development experience in SystemVerilog or VHDL.
- Familiarity with the Xilinx Vivado/Vitis toolchain development environment.
- Experience with high-speed IO, board bring up, and similar hardware-centric FPGA development domains.
Nice to Have
- Master’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field.
- Experience with image processing or DSP.
- Experience with Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC.
- Experience with embedded software development including embedded Linux and System on Chip (SoC)-based architectures.
- Experience implementing math/advanced computations on FPGAs.
- Experience with heterogeneous computing platforms and high-speed data acquisition systems.
- Familiarity with C/C++ or other high-level programming languages.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Creative thinker able to apply first-principles reasoning to solve complex problems.
Technical Stack
- FPGA, SystemVerilog, VHDL, Xilinx Vivado/Vitis
- Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC, Embedded Linux, SoC
- C/C++
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation: $150,000-$400,000+ + equity: Significant stock option packages.
- 100% employer-paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (premium PPO and HMO options).
- Life insurance.
- Traditional and Roth 401(k).
- Relocation assistance provided.
- Paid vacation, sick leave, and company holidays.
- Generous Paid Parental Leave and extended transition back to work for the birthing parent.
- Free daily catered lunch and dinner, and fully stocked kitchenette.
- Casual dress, flexible work hours, and regular catered team building events.
Work Mode
This role is onsite in Hawthorne.
Freeform is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity; employment with Freeform is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
