FPGA Platform Lead

For our Business Line Secure Transactions & Interfaces (STI) in France, we are now looking for a Digital FPGA Platform Leader.

This role is part of the System on Chips (SoC’s) Design & Integration Team within STI offering solutions for Secure Mobility and Retail, Secure Payment and Identity, IoT security, NFC infrastructure and Secure Embedded transactions. The team is tasked with delivering high‑quality solutions for mobile transactions (mobile payment and security solutions for smart phones, watches and laptops) to demanding mobile customers. STI’s goal is to become a market leader by leveraging its unique IP portfolio from NFC, Secure Elements, Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth products to deliver solutions better than the sum of its parts.

Your Responsibilities

As a key member of the team, you will actively contribute to the verification and validation of our SoC’s functionality and performance. You will be responsible for:

• The development of the FPGA verification platforms and delivery of these platforms to customers within the design and project teams (Verification, Validation, Software teams) and to external customers;
• Interface with Firmware and Software, Architecture, Design teams as well as end users to understand product use cases and requirements;
• Defining the FPGA strategy for the design as a function of its architecture, expected use cases, technology limitations and schedule constraints;
• Developing methodology for handling non‑digital components within the FPGA (analog blocks, non‑volatile memories, …);
• Working with design, verification, validation, firmware and software teams to debug, correct issues or identify work‑arounds;
• Driving development of external boards and interfaces when needed;
• Regularly reporting and updating the design and platform to customers;
• Supporting large numbers of distributed users using FPGA farms or other means.

Your profile

• Degree/Master’s in Electronic and/or Computer Engineering with 7+ years of experience;
• Deep knowledge of the entire FPGA flow from RTL through partitioning and synthesis to bitfile generation for loading onto FPGA;
• Expertise in debugging FPGA designs using external debuggers, special builds and other techniques;
• Understanding of the architecture, elements and functionality of SoCs, including CPUs, DMA, MMU, PLL, memory and peripheral interfaces;
• Experience in developing FPGAs containing significant analog content is a bonus;
• Understanding of software development processes for embedded CPUs and experience in developing and debugging software;
• Expertise in using EDA tools for FPGA synthesis;
• Experience debugging designs pre‑ and post‑silicon, in simulation and on the bench.

Your personal traits

• Rigorous and methodical with strong analytical skills;
• Flexible and adaptable with an ability to verify, validate and debug at several levels on many platforms;
• Detail‑oriented with tenacity in tracing, finding and solving problems;
• Ability to question and identify weaknesses in written specifications and tools environments;
• Good team player, adept at working across teams and sites;
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

We offer an energizing working environment with cutting‑edge technology, an excellent salary and benefits package, and relocation support if required.

NXP is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer respecting all legal requirements for age, color, national origin, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and providing reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals.