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About Lam Research
Lam Research Corporation is a leading American supplier of wafer-fabrication equipment and services to the global semiconductor industry.
Lam Research currently has
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Listed pay typically runs
$119,000–$261,000
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Senior FPGA Engineer
As part of the Global Products Group, the Senior FPGA Engineer will work within a centralized software engineering team to design and develop embedded solutions for semiconductor plasma etchers. The role involves implementing designs in FPGA solutions for embedded controllers, managing hardware and firmware requirements, and partitioning architecture across hardware and software components. Key responsibilities include developing interfaces for peripheral devices like thermocouples, actuators, and sensors, while modeling signal processing paths in Matlab and porting them to RTL. Candidates must be proficient in VHDL or SystemVerilog, Xilinx Vivado, AXI buses, and UVM verification. Required skills include experience with Xilinx Zynq systems, RTOS integration, Python scripting, and communication protocols like SPI, I2C, and EtherCAT. The role addresses technical challenges in semiconductor manufacturing equipment through advanced digital signal processing and robust embedded system architecture.
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C
Object-Oriented Programming
Linux
Windows
FPGA
GitHub
Debugging
Concurrent Programming
Threading APIs
Source Code Control Systems
hardware bring up
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