FPGA Engineer– Custom Compute Hardware

Ludwig Computing is focused on solving the energy efficiency problem of intelligent compute through innovative hardware and software platforms. They are seeking a Hardware FPGA Engineer to work on FPGA architecture, implementation, verification, and testing, contributing to the development of custom blocks for advanced computational workloads.

What you'll do:

• Translate architectural concepts into FPGA prototypes
• Design and simulate custom processing modules using Verilog, VHDL, or high-level synthesis (HLS)
• Implement and validate processing components on FPGA platform using industry-standard tools (e.g., Vivado, Quartus, or OpenCL-based flows)
• Benchmark performance and optimize tradeoffs in latency, area, throughput, and memory bandwidth
• Build testbenches, run timing/area analysis, and assist with system integration
• Work collaboratively with system architects, FPGA design engineers, and embedded software engineers
• Be responsible for generating and executing the FPGA Verification Test Plan and FPGA Verification Matrix

What they're looking for:

• Experience with FPGA development, RTL or HLS-based design in Verilog/SystemVerilog, VHDL, or C++
• Experience with FPGA development tools (Vivado, Quartus, or equivalent)
• Solid electronic circuit design and electronic systems background
• Expertise of digital logic fundamentals, including pipelining and timing closure
• Digital system partitioning and advanced function implementation in FPGAs
• Experience with memory mapping and hierarchy on FPGA
• Strong skills in simulation, debugging, and synthesis workflows
• B.S. degree or higher in engineering (preferably Electrical Engineering, Computer Science)
• Experience with OpenCL or HLS-based design targeting FPGA
• Experience with hardware/software co-design and system-level integration
• Project experience in digital design, computer architecture, or embedded systems
• Exposure to numerical computing, AI workloads, or custom arithmetic units