Senior Design Engineer - FPGA

Description:Job Summary:As a Hardware Engineer you will work as part of a team responsible for all phases of product development including product definition and delivery. As part of the Research and Development function, the overall focus of the group is on competitive market and customer requirements, technology advances, product quality, product cost and time-to-market. Technical projects Hardware Engineers participate in include: exploration of products and/or process problems, definition and selection of new concepts and approaches, origination or modification of material, component and process specifications and requirements. Essential Functions:- A major part of your responsibility will be to participate in any and/or all phases of the product development cycle from architecture through implementation, documentation, prototyping, validation and support including: - Evaluating materials, properties and techniques used in production of small systems- Evaluation and executing design and development plans for products- Architecture, documentation, prototyping, validation and support- Complete subsystem project planning and executing- Testing- Writing test cases - Working on the specification, development, validation, and support for products through the product life - As part of a team, you will lead and participate in technical discussions within the immediate group and across functions, where evaluating and executing design and development plans for products are reviewed. - This individual will be responsible for evaluating, defining and prioritizing projects.- A willingness to work on additional tasks and responsibilities that will positively contribute toward team, department, and company goals.Education and Experience:- Minimum of 7 years experience is required, 8 to 10 years of experience is preferred. - A Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, a Master Degree, or a PhD; or equivalent experience is required.- Demonstrated ability to have completed multiple, complex technical projects.Qualifications:Requirements:- FPGA design experience is a must.- Solid knowledge of Verilog module design, C based PLI testing and preferably System verilog experience.- Previous experience with algorithm based module: DMA, Security, Compression and other are highly desirable.- Strong oral and written communication skills are essential.- A strong understanding of verification concepts.- Ability to work collaboratively within a team environment of engineers to meet aggressive goals and high quality standards.- Ability to develop longer-range project plans and schedules for individual or work for a small team.Responsibility: - This individual contributer will take a leading position in a FPGA design team collaborating with the rest of the team members on designing high end acceleration cards that are FPGA based.Work is from concept through micro architecture design and verification using direct and indirect testing, Coverage analysis and support for firmware development.Salary/Benefits: Salary commensurate with experienceTo learn more about NetApp employee benefits go to: http://www.netapp.com/jobs/benefits.htmlJob Location: Sunnyvale, CAJob Number: 3588BRCompany URL: http://www.netapp.comCompany Profile:NetApp creates innovative storage and data management solutions that help accelerate business breakthroughs and deliver outstanding cost efficiency. Our dedication to principles of simplicity, innovation, and customer success has made us one of the fastest-growing storage and data management providers today.Customers around the world choose us for our "go beyond" approach and broad portfolio of solutions for business applications, storage for virtual servers, disk-to-disk backup, and more. Our solutions provide nonstop availability of critical business data and simplify business processes so you can deploy new capabilities with confidence and get to revenue faster than ever before. You can rely on our industry-leading solutions to lower the cost of protecting your data, business, and reputation.We bring together the industry's best partners and technology to deliver services that help you maximize what you are getting from your infrastructure. Our collaborative approach, working as one team with one goal, means that you get a solution that is just right for you-on time and on budget. To support your global business, we provide highly-responsive support in local languages. From London to Austin, from Bangalore to Tokyo, well work with you to solve your problems and help you reach your goals.Discover our passion for helping companies around the world go further, faster at www.netapp.com