FPGA Prototyping Toolchain & Regression Validation Lead

THE ROLE:

We are seeking an engineer with strong hands-on experience in FPGA build flows, design qualification, and developing infrastructure for platform regressions. This role is focused on developing robust smoke tests, functional test cases, and qualification workloads used to validate both FPGA designs and the associated platform software/toolchain flows.

THE PERSON:

The successful candidate will architect and implement daily and nightly regression pipelines, integrate them into a unified infrastructure, and ensure continuous quality and reliability of FPGA based platform design flows at scale. This role sits at the intersection of FPGA engineering, software automation, and infrastructure-level validation.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

FPGA Design & Build Flow

• Own FPGA compile/build flows (synthesis, place & route, timing closure, bitstream generation).

• Develop and maintain reference FPGA designs for build flow validation.

• Diagnose issues across RTL, constraints, tools, and platform dependencies.

Platform Qualification & Toolchain Validation

• Develop targeted test cases for FPGA build flows, toolchain stability, and edge cases.

• Build scripts and automation for software stack validation (drivers, runtimes, APIs).

• Validate tool and environment changes, partner with vendors and internal teams on root cause and fixes.

• Define scalable design qualification criteria and coverage.

Regression Infrastructure

• Design and maintain automated daily/nightly regression systems for FPGA and software toolchain validation.

• Enable distributed, scalable runs across on-prem or cloud resources.

• Automate result collection, triage, and failure classification.

Infrastructure & CI/CD Integration

• Integrate FPGA regressions into the unified infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.

• Interface with shared services (e.g., build orchestration, monitoring, logging).

• Enable standardized reporting, dashboards, and notifications for regression health.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Large-scale FPGA farm or datacenter-style validation.

• Monitoring/logging tools (e.g., Grafana, Prometheus, ELK).

• Operating unified build/validation infrastructures across multiple teams.

• Hardware bring-up or silicon pre-/post-silicon validation.

• Cross-functional and geographically distributed team collaboration.