Senior Technical Leader

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced FPGA Design Lead with 12+ years of industry experience in FPGA development, DO-254 compliant avionics projects, RTL design, verification, and team leadership. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical expertise in Xilinx and Microchip FPGA technologies, end-to-end FPGA development lifecycle execution, customer interaction, proposal preparation, and engineering team management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA development projects through the complete project lifecycle, including requirements analysis, architecture definition, design, verification, validation, integration, and deployment.
• Execute FPGA development activities in compliance with DO-254 certification guidelines for safety-critical aerospace and avionics applications.
• Develop high-quality RTL designs using VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Perform FPGA verification activities including simulation, testbench development, functional verification, and debugging.
• Design and implement FPGA-based solutions using Xilinx and Microchip FPGA platforms.
• Lead technical reviews including requirements reviews, design reviews, code reviews, and verification reviews.
• Interface with customers and stakeholders to understand requirements and provide technical solutions.
• Prepare technical proposals, estimations, project plans, and support business development activities.
• Manage and mentor engineering teams of up to 10 engineers.
• Drive project execution, resource allocation, risk management, and technical decision-making.
• Support FPGA-based product development from concept through production release.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, system, and verification teams for successful product delivery.

Required Technical Skills

FPGA Design & Verification

• Extensive experience in FPGA RTL design and verification.
• Strong knowledge of FPGA architecture and implementation methodologies.
• Experience in timing closure, synthesis, place-and-route, and performance optimization.

FPGA Platforms

• Xilinx FPGA families (Spartan, Artix, Kintex, Virtex, Zynq, Ultrascale).
• Microchip FPGA families (RTG4, PolarFire, SmartFusion, ProASIC).

Development Tools

• Xilinx Vivado
• Xilinx Vitis
• Microchip Libero SoC
• Simulation and debugging tools like Modelsim/Questasim

Interface Protocols

Hands-on design and integration experience with:

• AXI
• AHB
• SPI
• I2C
• UART
• PCIe
• Ethernet
• DDR3/4
• External Parallel interfaces between processors and FPGA

Domain Experience

• DO-254 Full Life Cycle for DAL A/B
• Aerospace and Avionics systems
• FPGA-based product development
• Safety-critical electronic systems

Leadership & Management Skills

• Engineering team leadership and mentoring.
• Resource planning and utilization management.
• Project planning and execution.
• Customer communication and stakeholder management.
• Technical proposal writing and solution presentation.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in Electronics & communication(must)
• 12+ years of experience in FPGA based RTL design, development and verification.
• Proven experience in DO-254 full lifecycle projects and Familiarity with aerospace certification processes.
• Experience leading team.