FPGA Engineer

FPGA Engineer | Careers | Oxide Computer CompanyProductProductSolutionsSolutionsResourcesResourcesCompanyCompanyPodcastsPodcastsBlogTry nowContact salesHardwareRemote$275,000 USDFPGA EngineerApply nowAre you an engineer with deep experience in FPGA development who likes to build systems from first principles? FPGAs play an integral role in Oxideâs Cloud Computer: our approach to hardware/software co-design has them at the center of our board management, monitoring, and overall product functionality. We are looking for FPGA engineers to join our team to work on our next-generation products.As an engineer focused on soft logic platform enablement, you will:Develop VHDL code that enables core board functionality ranging from power sequencing and monitoring to flash content hash offloadWork with hardware engineers developing boards and signal paths around FPGAsCollaborate with software engineers to develop interfaces and protocolsDevelop tooling to accelerate FPGA workflows and integrate FPGA-based systems at the hardware/software interfaceDirectly participate in the design and evolution of the Oxide hardware platformYou will thrive in this role if you:Have experience achieving timing closure on FPGA designs of varying size and performance, including I/O timing analysisHave experience implementing soft cores as well as working with hard IP, particularly with AMD/Xilinx devices and toolsHave experience with a variety of protocols such as I2C/I3C, SPI/QSPI, eSPI, and low-speed serial communication protocolsHave experience with high-speed SERDES based protocols and encodings (e.g. 8b10b)Are energized by the thought of working with a diverse group of hardware and software engineers to codesign hardware platformsProduce good documentation and/or written descriptions of your ideasHave experience building, shipping, and maintaining digital systems in the fieldPrefer continuous integration, testing, and automation over vendor GUIsBefore applying for this role, you should:Browse our public Requests for Discussion to get a flavor for how we work.Listen to Hiring Processes with Gergely Orosz to familiarize yourself with the Oxide hiring process.Check out our blog post on how we do remote hardware developmentListen to some of our hardware-centric episodes of Oxide and Friends. A few recommendations:Bringing up Cosmo on bringing up our AMD Turin-based compute sledTales from the Bringup Lab on bringing up our first compute sledThe Sidecar Switch on bringing up our switchOxide and the Chamber of Mysteries on our escapades achieving EMI complianceThe Power of Proto Boards! on how we quickly iterate on board designThe Network Behind the Network on the specific challenges of our service processor networkRack-scale Networking to understand our approach to networking and some of the details of our implementationLife at OxideWe are very explicit about our values, and they can be seen in daily life at Oxide, for example:Our rigor means we enjoy and take pride in the craft of engineering.Our urgency means that we are not above the judicious short-cut.Our versatility is reflected in our greatest strength: the breadth of our team.Our transparency can be seen in our consensus-driven RFD process.Our responsibility means that we both lead and follow: we have our own domains, but we also help others on their parts.Our curiosity shows in our insatiable desire to learn â and our empathy in our love of teaching others.Our humor is a big part of our daily lives: we are inveterate wise-crackers whose video meetings spill into simultaneous text chat.Working at OxideRemote firstMost of our team are based outside of the Bay Area. We do ask that your workday overlaps with Pacific Time for at least four hours.Flexible working hoursOur families and lives outside of our jobs are very important to us; our schedules are flexible to reflect and support that.Premium healthcareWe offer the best medical PPO, dental, and vision plans we can find and cover 100% of premiums for employees and dependents.Learn moreCompensationEveryone at Oxide makes $275,000 USD, regardless of location. (Some sales positions have a lower base salary and contain a commission component.)Learn moreApply nowAuthentication requiredIt is required that you authenticate with an email in order to apply. You may also read through the materials that we ask every applicant to complete. By clicking log in you agree to the use of cookies that we use to authenticate your session.Log inView materialsApplying for: FPGA EngineerResumeShould be a pdf fileUploadMaterialsPlease make a copy of this document and follow the instructions. 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