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Principal FPGA Engineer (f/m/d)

Hamburg, DE💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-15 → 2026-09-29

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

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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