Design Engineer FPGA/PL Firmware

BCube Pvt Ltd · Saddar, Pakistan

About The Role

BCube is looking for an FPGA / Programmable Logic Firmware Engineer to join our engineering team working on advanced Software Defined Radio (SDR), 5G wireless systems, high-speed data acquisition, and embedded platforms. The selected engineer will contribute to the development of systems involving high-speed ADCs/DACs, RF transceivers, PCIe, and multi-gigabit Ethernet, implementing real-time signal processing pipelines and high-throughput data movement on modern FPGA and MPSoC platforms. This role is well suited for engineers who enjoy building high-performance digital systems, solving challenging real-time problems, and working close to hardware.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement FPGA / PL firmware using Verilog or VHDL
• Develop and integrate high-speed digital interfaces such as AXI, PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204, SPI, etc.
• Implement DSP and data-processing pipelines for communication and signal-processing applications
• Integrate FPGA designs with embedded processors and system-level software
• Work with high-speed ADCs, DACs, and RF transceivers
• Optimize FPGA designs for throughput, latency, and resource utilization
• Perform simulation, debugging, and hardware validation
• Collaborate with hardware and embedded software engineers to deliver integrated systems

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
• 3+ years of experience in FPGA development
• Strong experience with Verilog or VHDL
• Experience using FPGA development tools such as Xilinx Vivado or Intel Quartus
• Good understanding of digital design and timing concepts
• Experience debugging FPGA designs using simulation and on-chip debugging tools such as ILA
• Ability to work on complex systems involving multiple hardware and software components

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Xilinx Zynq / Zynq UltraScale+ / RFSoC platforms
• Experience with Software Defined Radio (SDR) or wireless communication systems
• Familiarity with 5G / cellular systems or custom digital communication waveforms
• Experience working with high-speed ADCs/DACs
• Familiarity with multi-gigabit transceivers (GTX/GTH/GTY)
• Experience with PCIe or high-speed Ethernet interfaces
• Knowledge of MATLAB or Python for algorithm development or verification

Technologies We Work With

• Software Defined Radio platforms
• 5G and custom wireless communication waveforms
• High-speed RF data acquisition systems
• PCIe-based digitizers and signal processing platforms
• Real-time digital signal processing pipelines