Shield AI
FPGA Design Engineer (R5347)
Seattle, Washington · Full-time · Posted Nov 3, 2026
- Education
- B.S., M.S, PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) discipline, such as Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering
About the job
Designs, implements, verifies, and debugs FPGA-based communication and avionics solutions for UAV platforms.
What you'll do
- Develop FPGA communication modules and timing-synchronization solutions for UAV flight controllers.
- Perform synthesis, implementation, timing closure, bitstream generation, debugging, testing, and optimization.
- Integrate FPGA designs with system architecture and collaborate with cross-functional teams on board bring-up and validation.
What they ask for
- B.S., M.S, PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics) discipline, such as Aerospace, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering
- Strong experience with FPGA design, implementation, and verification using VHDL or SystemVerilog.
- Demonstrated ability to build reliable, high-performance digital communication systems.
- Solid understanding of timing closure, clock domain crossing, and system-level integration.
Nice to have
- Experience with Xilinx FPGA ecosystem (Vivado, toolchains, etc).
- In-depth understanding of ethernet and network stack implementation.
Tools
VHDL, SystemVerilog, Git, Xilinx, Vivado, ethernet, AXI4, TCL
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