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Principal FPGA Engineer (f/m/d)

Hamburg, DE💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-15 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define and advance FPGA strategy, methodologies, and design flows while developing FPGA-based prototyping platforms for mobile payment and security solutions.

Role type

Principal FPGA Engineer

Builds

FPGA-based prototyping and verification platforms for mobile wallets, security, and identification in consumer electronics.

Domain

Semiconductor hardware engineering, mobile security, payment systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

RTL design (SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL), FPGA development tools (Vivado, Synplify, ChipScope), timing closure (SDC), embedded software debugging, automation scripting (Bash, Perl, Python, Tcl, CMake), on-chip protocols (AHB, AXI, I²C, I3C, SPI), hardware debugging (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG)

Preferred skills

Xilinx/AMD FPGA platforms, Lattice or Altera FPGA solutions

Technologies

Vivado, Synplify, ChipScope, ModelSim, VCS, Xcelium, CMake

Responsibilities

Define and drive FPGA strategy and development flows; design and deploy FPGA-based prototyping platforms; perform FPGA design debugging and system bring-up; collaborate with cross-functional teams on system validation; create and maintain technical documentation.

Seniority

Principal, strategy & mentorship

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