FPGA Validation , Staff Engineer

Job Description and Requirements
Synopsys is seeking a creative and talented engineer to fill a FPGA Design & Verification role in Bengaluru, India. The environment presents stimulating, challenging, and rewarding work within an excellent work environment with positive career development opportunities.
 
FPGA Design and Verification IP Prototyping team is responsible to build FPGA-based hardware prototypes of Synopsys Controllers and PHY Interface IPs and test them to verify their compliance with leading edge industry standards. We play a vital role on supporting Synopsys IP business by validating key features, and mitigating ASIC potential faults early on, in a prototype.
 
Responsibilities
 
•    Design, implement, and verify FPGA-based systems for a variety of applications
•    Validate FPGA-based IP prototype 'device under test' against real-world devices, Test Equipment and other hardware systems
•    Create and maintain comprehensive technical documentation
•    Elaborate and execute test plans and test routines 
•    Detect, troubleshoot, debug, and investigate potential ASIC issues up front
•    Establish and maintain relationships with cross-functional teams, internal and external customers
 
Key Qualifications
 
•    Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
•    5+ years of experience in FPGA design and development
•    Design and simulate integrated circuitry using Verilog, System Verilog and VHDL
•    Experience with FPGA development tools such as XILINX Vivado, and Altera Quartus. Synopsys Synplify or Protocompiler is a plus
•    Experience in digital design methods such as floorplanning, timing constraints definition, and static timing analysis
•    Familiarity with high-speed interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, or Ethernet
•    Familiarity with embedded processors and software development is a plus
•    Proven problem-solving skills and ability to work in a positive team environment
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
•    Excellent organizational skills
 
Preferred Experience
 
•    Expertise with industry-standard scripting languages such Tcl, Python, Perl and Bash
•    Expertise with industry-standard interfaces and protocols such as AMBA AXI or APB, I2C, and SPI.
•    Experience with Mobile Storage interfaces such as UFS, or eMMC
•    Familiarity with simulation tools such as VCS, ModelSim and iSim
•    Familiarity with laboratory equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Data-Analyzers and AWG
•    Knowledge of computer architecture and operating systems
 
Travelling
 
•    As a worldwide organization there is sometimes short term travel required
 
About Us
 
At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.
 
Our Silicon IP business is all about integrating more capabilities into an SoC—faster. We offer the world’s broadest portfolio of silicon IP—predesigned blocks of logic, memory, interfaces, analog, security, and embedded processors. All to help customers integrate more capabilities. Meet unique performance, power, and size requirements of their target applications. And get differentiated products to market quickly with reduced risk.
 
Inclusion and Diversity are important to us. Synopsys considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, military veteran status, or disability.