FPGA
Also written as Field-Programmable Gate Array, Xilinx, Vivado, Intel FPGA, Quartus
A chip that can be rewired after manufacture by loading a new design onto it. Used to prototype chips and in products that need custom high-speed hardware, such as telecom, defence and trading systems. Vivado (AMD Xilinx) and Quartus (Intel) are the main tools.
Think of it like
Lego for circuits: build the machine you need, then take it apart and build another.
Junior or senior?
Junior sounds like
Has run designs on a development board.
Senior sounds like
Has met timing on a large design and debugged it on real hardware.
Ask them
“What did your FPGA design do, and how did you debug it once it was on real hardware?”
Reading FPGA on a resume
- Common
- FPGA narrows the field but doesn't prove depth on its own. The junior-versus-senior contrast above is what separates one candidate from another.
- Around since 1985
- Nobody can have more years of FPGA than it has existed. A job description asking for more was probably copied without checking — worth raising with the hiring manager.
Sourcing for FPGA
Every way it's written
("FPGA" OR "Field-Programmable Gate Array" OR "Xilinx" OR "Vivado")Paste into LinkedIn Recruiter, Naukri or your ATS. Combine with a job title and location.
Wider net, with accepted substitutes
("FPGA" OR "Field-Programmable Gate Array" OR "Xilinx" OR "Vivado" OR "Intel FPGA" OR "Quartus")Includes skills a hiring manager would usually accept instead. Use it when the exact search runs dry.