Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer

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Hyderabad, Telangana, IND
In-Office
Senior level
Energy • Manufacturing • Solar • Renewable Energy
GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy.
The Role
Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer responsible for defining hardware requirements, developing and debugging FPGA firmware, designing analog and digital hardware, maintaining legacy products, and creating functional, manufacturing, and test specifications. The role supports real-time control applications for HVDC systems, contributes to design reviews, documents designs, and collaborates with multidisciplinary global engineering teams to deliver commercial projects on schedule.
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Job Description SummaryThe Lead FPGA Firmware Engineer will be working to define requirements, enhance product features for an electronic design for world-class Control & Protection system in VSC and LCC systems, VBE, working together with engineers based in global locations. The role is accountable for business-critical design, development to meet product requirements and timelines for future commercial HVDC projects.

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities
o    Analysing system requirements and defining functions to be implemented in Hardware.
o    Strong Knowledge and experience of Model Based Design (MAT LAB Simulink, HDL coder, Xilinx System Generator)
o    FPGA Firmware development.
o    Analogue and digital Hardware design.
o    Maintain legacy products including updates and improvements to extend product life span.
o    Contribution to creating and maintaining manufacturing data packs.
o    Writing functional specifications for design.
o    Writing test specifications (Routine test, Type test, Test Harness).
o    Participating in and contributing to design reviews.
o    Ensuring designs are documented to Company standards.

Required Qualifications
o    Degree or Higher in Electrical / Electronic engineering or equivalent experience with 8+ years experience
o    Minimum 5+ years' experience of FPGA design using VHDL or Verilog.
o    Strong all-round knowledge and understanding of electronic components & principles.
o    Exceptional hardware / FPGA debugging skills.
o    Experience with Altera, Microsemi, Xilinx FPGA devices and design tools (Quartus II, Libero SoC).
o    Dynamic and proactive with ability to work on own or as part of a multi-disciplinary engineering team to resolve technical issues.
o    Experience of designing hardware for real time control applications.
o    High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills.

Desired Qualifications
o    Good verbal and written communication skills.
o    Motivated great teammate, self-starter, results oriented.
o    Agile development practices e.g., Scrum
o    Scripting experience using Perl, Python
o    Experience of version control, e.g., SVN, GIT
o    Bug tracking tools, e.g., JIRA
o    Power Electronics control system design.
o    Knowledge of HVDC
 

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes

Skills Required

  • Degree or higher in Electrical or Electronic Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of engineering experience
  • 5+ years of FPGA design experience using VHDL or Verilog
  • Strong knowledge of electronic components and principles
  • Exceptional hardware and FPGA debugging skills
  • Experience with Altera, Microsemi, and Xilinx FPGA devices and design tools, including Quartus II and Libero SoC
  • Ability to work independently and within multidisciplinary engineering teams
  • Experience designing hardware for real-time control applications
  • High-speed digital hardware design and PCB layout skills
  • Good verbal and written communication skills
  • Agile development practices, such as Scrum
  • Scripting experience using Perl or Python
  • Version control experience using SVN or Git
  • Bug tracking tool experience, such as JIRA
  • Power electronics control system design experience
  • Knowledge of HVDC

GE Vernova Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about GE Vernova and has not been reviewed or approved by GE Vernova.

  • Retirement Support The 401(k) plan includes company matching contributions and additional company retirement contributions, with access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants. Feedback suggests this structure supports long-term savings beyond a basic match.
  • Parental & Family Support Paid parental leave is available with flexible, continuous or non-continuous usage, and is complemented by adoption resources and Work/Life Connections guidance. Maternity leave is described as extended relative to typical workplace norms.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Time-off programs include 12 paid holidays, permissive time off for many salaried roles, and dedicated personal, illness, and caregiving time for U.S. new hires. Some hourly roles start with a defined PTO bank, while other roles may offer unlimited time off.

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The Company
HQ: Cambridge, MA
75,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

GE Vernova is a planned purpose-built company on a mission to electrify the planet while simultaneously working to decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard-earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. GE Vernova brings together GE’s portfolio of energy businesses including Power, Wind, Electrification and Digital businesses. With focus, GE Vernova is accelerating the path to more reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy, while helping our customers power economies and deliver the electricity that is vital to health, safety, security, and improved quality of life. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World.

Why Work With Us

Join our team, to evolve and grow, surrounded by some of the brightest minds in the industry who help you get better every day. You’ll get the chance to rewrite the rules, work on cutting-edge technology, and be part of a global team for positive change.

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