FPGA Design - Principal Engineer / Lead Engineer / Senior Engineer / Engineer

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under five Technology Divisions: Advanced Electronic Components and Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies; Communications Technologies; IoT Sensing and AI Technologies; and Intelligent Perception and Control Technologies. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, New Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse. Over the years, ASTRI has nurtured a pool of research, I&T talents and received numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations as well as outstanding business and community contributions. As of 2023/24, ASTRI has transferred more than 1,500 technologies to the industry and has been granted over 1,100 patents in the Mainland, the US, and other countries. To support our constant endeavour to position Hong Kong as a world-class smart city and an international hub of innovation and technology, we are seeking qualified professionals to fill the following position(s): Job Responsibilities: Participate and contribute to physical layer (PHY) FPGA solution development in multiple platforms in ASTRI’s 5G/6G R&D projects Engage in activities including the followings: Develop high performance wireless communications FPGA solutions for 5G/6G L1 Physical (PHY) layer Optimize and troubleshoot FPGA solutions in target platforms to fulfil high performance and real time deadline requirements Perform RTL coding, synthesis, Implementation, and speed & area optimization in FPGA Design testbench and conduct simulations & on-board debugging   Co-work with hardware and software Engineer in development   Troubleshoot and setup hardware platforms for development Build up know-hows on 5G/6G standardization Job Requirements: PhD holder or Master or Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering, Telecommunications, or relevant disciplines   Successfully completed the undergraduate/postgraduate program Fresh graduates may also be considered Knowledge of wireless communications standard, such as 5/6G, ORAN, WiFi, Bluetooth a plus Experience with Verilog RTL coding and testbench design   Familiar with large FPGA development on Xilinx devices   Experience with Xilinx’s build flow including design entry in Verilog, synthesis, place and route, timing constraints and timing closure Experience with scripting languages: Python, tcl or equivalent, a plus Lives ASTRI values Application The appointment will be on renewable contract terms with a competitive salary and…