KandouOpen

FPGA Engineer - 3 month contract, CH

Location
Saint-Sulpice, Switzerland
Employment type
Contract
Last seen
Oct 11, 2026

About the role

We at Kandou are a team of passionate professionals striving to make a mark in the trajectory of the semiconductor industry. Our list of customers reads like a who’s is who of the technology world. If you love to be part of an adventure of a start-up challenging established tech giants and you are a proactive problem-solver who is motivated by pushing your limits and challenging the status quo, we have an opportunity for you.

Kandou is actively seeking a resourceful FPGA Engineer contractor.

Responsibilities

- Support FPGA prototyping for high speed digital designs for PHY/SerDes IP

- Validation and bring-up of devices and FPGAs in the lab

- Work closely and support Kandou’s Firmware, Digital, Verification and Lab teams

Skills

- FPGAs design/prototyping of blocks for multi-Gigabit serial and parallel data-link transceivers

- Strong RTL coding skills (SystemVerilog preferred)

- Scripting (Python preferred) and tool setup skills.

- Good communicator and team player with strong analytical skills

- Understanding of verification methodologies, in particular UVM, is an advantage.

Experience

- 10+ years’ experience in prototyping digital designs in FPGAs

- Technical background in FPGA design, validation and verification

- Experience in industry standard FPGA tools for design, simulation and verification

- Experience in digital high-speed blocks. High Speed interface competence and/or PCS experience would be a plus

- Experience using Python or other scripting language for design validation