We are looking for a Senior FPGA Team Leader to lead our FPGA and electronics development. This is a hands-on leadership role covering FPGA architecture and implementation, PCB development, system integration, and laboratory debugging.
The role owns delivery from system requirements through design, manufacturing, bring-up, validation, and integration into the quantum computing platform.
Responsibilities
Lead the FPGA and electronics development activities, set priorities, review designs, mentor engineers, and ensure high-quality execution.
Own the FPGA and electronics architecture, including system partitioning, device selection, HW and SW interfaces, clocking, synchronization, power architecture, and signal integrity.
Remain hands-on in RTL design, FPGA SoC and IP integration, simulation, synthesis, implementation, timing closure, and on-chip debugging.
Own the complete electronics development lifecycle, including requirements, specifications, components selection, schematic, Layout, and PCB stack-up reviews, manufacturing support, board bring-up, validation, and release.
Lead board development by defining the scope of work and technical requirements, selecting and managing design partners, reviewing their deliverables, and ensuring compliance with performance, quality, and schedule requirements.
Plan and track milestones, identify technical risks and dependencies, and coordinate FPGA and electronics delivery with the overall system development plan.
Lead system integration and root-cause analysis across FPGA, digital, analog, RF, power, and communication electronics.
Work closely with real-time software, PC software, system architecture, optics, and experimental physics teams to translate system needs into reliable control electronics.
Requirements
B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of hands-on FPGA development experience across complex multidisciplinary systems.
At least 2 years of experience as an FPGA team leader or technical lead, including mentoring and reviewing the work of other engineers.
Strong command of System Verilog, Verilog, or VHDL and the complete FPGA development flow.
Proven experience with FPGA architecture, timing constraints and closure, clock-domain crossing, reset design, resource optimization, and third-party IP integration.
Strong board-level electronics experience, including digital and mixed-signal design, power, clocking, high-speed interfaces, signal integrity, and board bring-up.
Strong simulation, verification, and laboratory debugging skills using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and embedded debug tools.
System-level thinking and the ability to convert multidisciplinary requirements into technical decisions and executable work plans.
Strong leadership, communication, and organizational skills, combined with a hands-on working style.
Advantages
Experience with Xilinx devices and the Vivado toolchain, including Zynq or Versal platforms.
Experience developing deterministic, low-latency, or high-rate real-time control systems.
Experience integrating high-speed ADCs, DACs, RF electronics, precision clocking, or synchronized distributed hardware.
Embedded C or C++ and embedded Linux experience.
Experience with electro-optical systems, photonics, scientific instrumentation, or quantum systems.
Experience taking FPGA and electronics systems from prototype through productization and manufacturing.
