FPGA Engineer - PCI-e/Cadence Virtuoso

Description :

Title : FPGA Engineer

Job Location : Gurgaon

Education : B.TECH / MTECH

Experience : 6 + yrs

Permanent Payroll : Nippon Data Systems Ltd

NIPPON DATA SYSTEMS LIMITED is a provider of IT enabled business solutions which provide our clients competitive business advantage. We partner with our customers to deliver business solutions to their satisfaction and help them 'Live Your Enterprise Potential- '.

Since the time NDS was established in 1994, we have built a solid foundation of success on which we continue to grow. We specialize in solving business problems by harnessing technology and applying them for developing and implementing customized and standard information systems.

Client : US MNC

Client is a US company globally responsible for the development, manufacturing, and marketing of a leading portfolio of protocol exerciser & analyzer solutions, Oscilloscopes, Bit Error Ratio Testers (BERTs), Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWGs), Digitizers, Photonics, and Logic/Protocol analyzers.

Their products are at the heart of AI data centers, cloud infrastructure, next-generation computing platforms, and emerging technologies such as PCIe Gen6, CXL, and NVMe. We enable engineering teams across Computing, Semiconductors, Storage, Wireless, Aerospace & Defense, and AI industries to deliver faster, more reliable designs through deep insights and advanced analysis tools.

Role Overview:

As an FPGA Engineer on the Customer/Product/Partner Engineering (CPE) team, you will be the technical bridge between customers, the core engineering teams, and product support operations.

Job Description:
- Work on protocol exerciser & analyzer platforms for PCIe, CXL, and NVMe used in AI data centers and high-performance computing.

- Collaborate with core FPGA, hardware, and software teams, including system architects, to investigate and resolve issues.

- Handle customer escalations, reproduce and debug FPGA and board-level issues, and provide quick, effective fixes.

- Perform remote debugging, system characterization, and root cause analysis for protocol and hardware-related failures.

- Contribute to product stabilization and revenue-generating feature enhancements.

- Use AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot) to accelerate FPGA design, testbench creation, and verification workflows.

- Engage with the Operations/Factory (OF) team when hardware-related issues require replacement or repair.

Key Responsibilities:
- Investigate, reproduce, and resolve FPGA, software, and board-level issues for PCIe, CXL, and NVMe protocol exerciser & analyzer products.

- Collaborate with core FPGA, hardware, and software engineering teams in Germany, US, India, and Malaysia.

- Develop, maintain, and optimize high speed FPGA designs using VHDL or Verilog.

- Perform board-level debugging, high-speed interface characterization, and timing closure.

- Use Xilinx Vivado, Chipscope, and simulation tools (Synopsys, Mentor, Cadence, Vivado simulator) for synthesis, validation, and debug.

- Provide customer-facing remote debugging, interpret logs and traces, and deliver quick resolutions.

- Implement automated test environments and integrate AI-assisted coding to enhance productivity.

- Coordinate with the OF team for hardware replacements when required.

Qualifications:

Education
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Electronics or Electrical Engineering (or related field)

Required Skills
- 3+ years of FPGA development, debug, or customer support experience in large, complex designs.

- Strong knowledge of PCIe, CXL, and NVMe protocols.

- Expertise in FPGA debugging, board-level troubleshooting, and signal integrity analysis.

- Experience in characterization of high-speed interfaces.

- Ability to operate in a customer-facing escalation role and coordinate across global teams.

Preferred Skills :