Brief About Tech Mahindra – Silicon Engineering

Tech Mahindra Silicon Engineering is a key part of Tech Mahindra's semiconductor and engineering services portfolio, delivering end-to-end solutions across the silicon lifecycle for global semiconductor, automotive, consumer, and industrial clients. The practice focuses on VLSI, embedded systems, and platform engineering, supporting customers from architecture and design through verification, validation, and sustenance engineering.

The Silicon Engineering unit works across IP, Subsystem, and SoC-level development, offering capabilities in areas such as Design Verification, RTL Design, DFT, Physical Design, Post-Silicon Validation, Embedded Software, and System Modeling & Simulation. Teams leverage industry-standard methodologies, tools, and verification frameworks to deliver high-quality, production-ready silicon solutions.

Backed by Tech Mahindra's global engineering DNA, the Silicon Engineering practice collaborates with leading semiconductor and technology clients worldwide, operating as an extended engineering arm to accelerate innovation, reduce time-to-market, and ensure reliable, scalable silicon platforms. It is part of Tech Mahindra's broader engineering-led growth strategy serving multiple global industries.

About the Role - In this exciting role, you will have the opportunity to play a pivotal part in defining the design and system architecture for complex FPGA solutions. Your responsibilities will encompass developing VHDL/Verilog code for various system blocks, designing on-chip microcontroller-based subsystems, and creating testbenches, test cases, timing simulations, and coverage analyses. Additionally, you will be involved in place & route flows, pin-mapping, and timing optimization using Xilinx Vivado/ISE and Altera Quartus tools.

Responsibilities -

Key Responsibilities

Design and develop FPGA RTL using Verilog / System Verilog / VHDL
Implement and integrate designs on FPGA platforms for prototyping and validation
Collaborate with RTL and SoC teams to support presilicon verification and bringup
Perform synthesis, placeandroute, timing closure, and bitstream generation
Debug functional, timing, and interface issues on FPGA hardware
Support highspeed interfaces and complex peripherals
Work closely with board, firmware, and validation teams for systemlevel testing
Optimize FPGA designs for performance, power, and resource utilization
Participate in design reviews, debug sessions, and customer technical discussions
Experience with serial protocols such as Ethernet, USB 3.0, SATA, PCIe, etc. Moreover, a strong background in FPGA validation on board and debugging using JTAG debuggers is essential.
Proficiency in Tcl and Python scripting is highly desirable.

Qualifications - BE/BTech/ME/MTech degree in Electronics, Electrical, Telecom, or Computer Engineering and

Required Skills

Experience in FPGA design and development
Proficiency in VHDL/Verilog coding
Knowledge of Xilinx Vivado/ISE and Altera Quartus tools
Experience with serial protocols such as Ethernet, USB 3.0, SATA, PCIe, etc.
Strong background in FPGA validation and debugging using JTAG debuggers
Proficiency in Tcl and Python scripting

FPGA Lead Engineer