Sr. FPGA Engineer

• CHAOS Industries is redefining modern defense with omniscient systems purpose-built for today’s realities. Designed and built by top U.S. military veterans and Silicon Valley innovators, CHAOS Industries’ products are powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™), empowering warfighters, commercial air operators
• border protection teams to act faster, adapt rapidly
• stay ahead of evolving threats. In a world where technological threats move at unprecedented speed, CHAOS Industries delivers advanced sensing and detection solutions that give the ultimate advantage: time.
• CHAOS Industries was founded in 2022 and has raised $1B in total funding from leading investors including 8VC, Accel
• NEA. The company is headquartered in Los Angeles, with offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Seattle
• London. For more information, please visit www.chaosinc.com .
• Role Overview:
• CHAOS is seeking a highly-skilled and motivated FPGA Engineer to join our team supporting our R&D and product engineering initially focusing on our next-generation radar products. This is a highly collaborative role which will allow you to work on multiple capabilities within our product offerings. As a member of our engineering team, you also have the opportunity to expand your skillset across our product families

Responsibilities

• Design and implement complex FPGA designs targeting our next-generation sensor products
• Support system integration of FPGA designs with complex software systems
• Support deployed FPGA capabilities in the hands of our U.S. and international customers
• Work full-time on-site in our office in Hawthorne, California
• Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or related degree
• 5+ years of experience in a professional setting performing detailed digital RTL design targeting FPGAs
• Extensive experience with the entire FPGA design life cycle: RTL design, behavioral simulation, place and route, timing analysis, hardware integration
• Extensive experience developing in Verilog and SystemVerilog
• Extensive experience with the ARM AMBA AXI Protocol (AXI4, AXI4-Lite, AXI4-Stream)
• Extensive experience with the AMD (Xilinx) Vivado Design Suite and SoC FPGAs (Zynq, Ultrascale/Ultrascale+, Versal)
• Experience with Network Protocols (TCP/UDP/IP)
• Experience with Serial Protocols (I2C, JTAG, UART, SPI, CAN)
• Experience using Bash and Python for scripting and testing
• Experience modifying software drivers and applications when needed to validate FPGA designs
• Experience with Agile lifecycle processes including Scrum, Continuous Integration, and Test-Driven Development Methodologies
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and collaborate on small teams
• U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S.-only data systems
• Preferred Requirements:
• Experience designing and implementing highly performant baseband signal processing in an FPGA
• Experience translating high level algorithms from Simulink/MATLAB or similar into RTL including FPGA Vendor IP implementations
• Experience developing and implementing software drivers (C/C++/Python) to interface with FPGA designs
• Experience with FPGA Ethernet IP blocks (1G/10G/40G/100G)
• Experience with Software-Defined Radios (SDRs) (e.g. Ettus, NI, HackRF)
• Experience with Analog Device Transceivers
• Experience in Ground or Airborne Sensors (Radars, EO/IR, EW, etc.)
• Experience with Time Synchronization technologies (NTP / PTP)
• Experience with HLS Synthesis and languages (C/C++/SystemC/Chisel)
• Experience with VHDL
• Experience with high-speed, multi-layer, digital printed circuit board (PCB) design
• Current or previous DoD security clearance
• Experience with GPUs and/or AI engines
• Experience with git
• Experience with Bitbucket CI, Jenkins or similar CI/CD flows
• Experience with DoD & related System/SW Architectures and messaging standards (e.g. OMS, SOSA, Link-16, etc)
• Why CHAOS?
• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits : 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay), FSA, HSA, life insurance, and more
• Our Perks: Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO, casual dress code
• Compensation Components: Competitive base salaries, generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance, and (coming soon!) annual bonuses
• Team Growth: 200 employees and counting across 5 global offices
• The stated compensation range reflects only the targeted base compensation range and excludes additional earnings such as bonus, equity
• benefits. If your compensation requirements fall outside of the range, we still encourage you to apply. The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations.
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