Santa Clara, California, United States Yesterday Not disclosed
FPGA Linux Jobs
FPGAs (Field-Programmable Gate Arrays) are reconfigurable hardware devices used for high-performance signal processing, network packet processing, financial trading infrastructure, machine learning inference acceleration, and custom silicon prototyping. Linux is the development and runtime environment for all major FPGA toolchains, and Linux kernel driver development is required for SoC and host-attached FPGA integration.
Boston, Massachusetts, United States Yesterday Not disclosed
San Jose, California, United States Yesterday $150k – $275k
Hawthorne, California, United States Yesterday $125k – $175k
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Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2d ago Not disclosed
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States 4d ago Not disclosed
London, United Kingdom 5d ago £30k – £80k
Pangyo, South Korea 5d ago Not disclosed
Singapore, Singapore 5d ago Not disclosed
Boulder, Colorado, United States 5d ago Not disclosed
Chantilly, Virginia, United States 5d ago Not disclosed
Chantilly, Virginia, United States 5d ago Not disclosed
Boulder, Colorado, United States 6d ago Not disclosed
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San Mateo, California, United States 6d ago $100k – $300k
Austin, Texas, United States 6d ago $105k – $145k
Paris, France 6d ago Not disclosed
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 6d ago $219k – $290k
Redmond, Washington, United States May 27 $125k – $175k
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Everett, Washington, United States May 27 Not disclosed
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Torrance, California, United States May 27 Not disclosed
Frequently Asked Questions
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An FPGA is an integrated circuit containing configurable logic blocks that can be programmed after manufacturing to implement custom digital circuits. Linux is central to FPGA work in two ways: as the development environment for EDA tools (Vivado, Quartus, Lattice Diamond all run on Linux), and as the OS running on FPGA SoC devices (Zynq, Intel SoC FPGA) requiring Linux kernel driver development for the FPGA fabric.
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FPGAs are widely used in financial services (high-frequency trading, market data processing), telecommunications (5G baseband processing, packet processing), defence and aerospace (radar, electronic warfare, signal intelligence), data centre acceleration (network SmartNICs, database acceleration, ML inference), and medical imaging (ultrasound, MRI signal processing).
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FPGA roles require hardware description language proficiency (Verilog, VHDL, or SystemVerilog), familiarity with FPGA toolchains (Vivado for Xilinx/AMD, Quartus for Intel/Altera), high-level synthesis (HLS) for some roles, Linux kernel driver development for PCIe or AXI-attached FPGAs, device tree, and often C/C++ for host-side software.
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FPGAs are reconfigurable: the same physical chip can be reprogrammed to implement different circuits. ASICs (Application-Specific Integrated Circuits) are fabricated for a specific function and cannot be changed. FPGAs offer faster time to market and the ability to fix bugs post-deployment, while ASICs offer better power efficiency and cost at high volumes. FPGA prototyping is often used to validate ASIC designs before tape-out.