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WHY WE NEED YOU

As an Embedded FPGA Engineer at Virgin Hyperloop, you will contribute to the overall embedded control solution by developing firmware and software for the hardware electronic control units and other embedded platforms. You'll join the Embedded team in our Control Systems Department, working with other teams to specify, develop and maintain the hardware electronic control units for the control systems of hyperloop - for safety-critical, real-time and other uses. 

Ultimately, we will design reliable, scalable, real-time (or near-real-time) applications that make the hyperloop a reality. We are seeking candidates with various levels of experience to join our team of qualified, diverse individuals at our Los Angeles facility.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Write firmware in VHDL
• Develop firmware for Xilinx FPGA platforms using the Xilinx toolchain
• SoC board bring-up, development workflow and toolchain validation
• Work with high speed serial links, including GbE, PCI-E or similar
• Follow safety-critical software design and development methodologies, with traceability back to top-level system requirements
• Work with third-party vendors to integrate their software and hardware components, where applicable
• Keep a customer-focused mindset, prioritizing developer productivity and application uptime
• Champion processes and procedures across the organization
• Communicate, present, and defend opinions concerning development decisions in a productive and diplomatic fashion 

WHAT YOU'VE DONE 

• Bachelor's in Computer Engineering or another related field or equivalent work experience
• Strong experience developing FPGA platforms
• Experience in SoC hardware bring-up, preferably on ARM-based systems
• Professional FPGA engineer experience

NICE TO HAVE

• M.S. Degree in Computer Engineering or equivalent field
• Experience in taking products to certification in any of the following industries: rail, automotive, aerospace
• Experience developing FPGA solutions in either Verilog or VHDL
• Experience with Xilinx family of ARM-based SoCs and their associated hardware and software development tool suite
• Experience developing on a broad range of architectures (ARM, x86, etc.)
• Experience implementing continuous testing and integration automation frameworks for ease of development and triage