FPGA Engineer - 3 month contract, CH

We at Kandou are a team of passionate professionals striving to make a mark in the trajectory of the semiconductor industry. Our list of customers reads like a who’s is who of the technology world. If you love to be part of an adventure of a start-up challenging established tech giants and you are a proactive problem-solver who is motivated by pushing your limits and challenging the status quo, we have an opportunity for you.

Kandou is actively seeking a resourceful FPGA Engineer contractor.

Responsibilities

• FPGA concept and design definition
• Close interaction with Verification engineers, Digital designers and validation/characterization engineers
• Validation and bring-up of devices and FPGAs in the lab
• Prototyping of new digital designs in FPGAs
• FPGA design and verification of very high-speed digital circuits
• Selection of FPGAs and tool set
• Support for post-silicon lab bring-up, debug, characterization and productization.
• Post processing of validation results in Python
• Analysis and understanding of high-speed serial protocols (USB4, PCIe, DP and Physical Coding Layer (PCS) )
• Close interaction with verification and physical implementation engineers to verify circuit functionality and compliance with area, timing and power requirements
• Support and interact with internal/external customers on requirements, design specifications, performance results
• Manage workload and schedules and report to internal management team and external customers

Skills

• Strong interest in the design of FPGAs and blocks for multi-Gigabit serial and parallel data-link transceivers
• Scripting (Python preferred) and tool setup skills.
• Passionate about FPGAs and FPGA design
• Knowledge of high-speed and low-power design techniques, and high-speed serial protocols is a plus
• Self-motivated, with strong sense of ownership and responsibility.
• Good communicator and team player with strong analytical skills
• Strong RTL coding skills (SystemVerilog preferred)
• Understanding of verification methodologies, in particular UVM, is an advantage.

Experience

• 5-10 years’ experience in designing for FPGA targets
• Strong technical background in FPGA design, validation and verification
• Proven experience in design and verification of FPGAs
• Experience in industry standard FPGA tools for design, simulation and verification
• Experience in digital high-speed blocks. High Speed interface competence and/or PCS experience would be a plus
• Experience in prototyping digital designs in FPGAs
• Proven experience with lab instruments and bench measurements for design validation
• Experience using Python or other scripting language for design validation and data analysis