As a Senior FPGA Engineer at Freeform, you will architect and implement a custom compute platform that enables the world’s first AI-driven, intelligent metal 3D printing technology. You will use the latest FPGAs, including the Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC, to scale a high-throughput, low latency image processing pipeline and will integrate FPGA solutions with state-of-the-art GPUs to create an advanced machine learning acceleration platform.
What You'll Do
- Develop FPGA solutions to scale a high-throughput, low latency image processing pipeline
- Develop custom FPGA capabilities to enable real-time machine learning
- Develop new logic components for use on FPGAs
- Implement custom algorithms on FPGAs for signal processing
- Implement custom controllers on FPGAs
- Work with software and electrical teams to interface with your FPGA components
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, or a related field
- 5+ 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 DSP or image processing
- Experience with Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC
- Experience with embedded software development including embedded Linux and System on Chip (SoC)-based architectures
- Experience implementing math or 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
- SystemVerilog, VHDL
- Xilinx Vivado/Vitis, Xilinx Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC
- C/C++, Embedded Linux
Benefits & Compensation
- Compensation range: $140,000-$250,000 + significant stock option packages
- 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 is an onsite position in Hawthorne, CA.
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.
