FPGA Engineer

At Oriole Networks, we are developing disruptive technologies for AI/ML and HPC networking that will revolutionise Data Centers. These technologies will speed up training and inference while dramatically reducing energy consumption for a sustainable future. We are looking for an experienced FPGA Engineer to work within our existing team to develop high-speed network interfaces between xPUs and our proprietary network. The successful candidate will deliver scale-up and scale-out xPU interface solutions, working iteratively through a series of prototypes to ultimately deliver production-grade solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Microarchitecture definition in collaboration with the broader team
• Preparing detailed technical documentation and presentations to stakeholders
• RTL Implementation, synthesis, timing closure
• Unit verification planning and simulation testing using SystemVerilog
• Delivering and validating FPGA-based lab setups for customer trials

Skills & Experience:

• Extensive hands-on industry experience of FPGA design for GPU/CPU interfacing and networking at 100Gbps and above
• Experience of many of the following: UALink, NVLink, PCIe, RDMA, CXL
• Comprehensive understanding of clock domain crossing techniques
• Strong knowledge of FPGA tool flows (synthesis, partitioning, place&route, timing analysis)
• Excellent skills in SystemVerilog/Verilog/VHDL
• Scripting and automation, such as TCL and Python
• Experience using Questa, VCS
• Experience using Quartus/Vivado/Vitis
• Experience in host software interfaces and device drivers
• Experience with embedded systems, including soft processors (Microblaze/Nios/RISC V) and SoC programming
• Experience with high-performance FPGA devices: Xilinx Versal Premium or Intel Agilex 7
• A humble attitude and good communication skills
• Bachelor or Master degree in electronics engineering, physics, or other relevant fields or experience within the industry