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INTRODUCTION

The Role Most CI/CD architects have never touched an FPGA board. Most FPGA engineers have never built a scalable board farm. This role sits at that rare intersection — and we need someone who owns both. As Principal Architect for FPGA Build Systems and SW Configuration at Lattice, you will define and own the infrastructure that every firmware engineer at Lattice depends on — from CMake toolchains and JFrog pipelines to a scalable FPGA board farm with hardware security baked in from day one. This is a high-autonomy, high-visibility role with direct impact on how Lattice ships FPGA firmware globally.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Build Systems & CI/CD

- Design and maintain modular CMake toolchains for FPGA firmware targeting Lattice devices
- Integrate CMake build pipelines with JFrog Artifactory for versioned binary, bitstream, and IP core artifact storage
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub CI, or equivalent) that trigger FPGA builds on commit and publish artifacts to Artifactory

Security & Compliance

- Enforce hardware security policies across the FPGA board farm — secure boot, bitstream encryption, JTAG access controls
- Configure JFrog Xray for vulnerability scanning of firmware dependencies and third-party IP cores; remediate findings within SLA
- Manage access control and audit logging for board farm resources
- Conduct periodic security reviews and produce compliance reports for internal audit teams

FPGA Board Farm Management

- Provision, rack, and maintain a scalable fleet of FPGA development and test boards — cabling, power management, remote access infrastructure (USB/JTAG over IP, lab automation controllers)
- Develop a board reservation and scheduling system to maximize utilization across development, verification, and production teams
- Monitor board health, availability, and failure rates; maintain spare inventory and coordinate replacement with procurement
- Author and maintain runbooks, onboarding guides, and operational documentation

Architecture & Governance

- Partner with verification, firmware, and security architecture teams to define build and deployment standards
- Present infrastructure status, risk posture, and improvement roadmaps to senior stakeholders quarterly
- Ensure all toolchain and infrastructure changes follow the change management process
- Define the long-term architecture vision for FPGA build infrastructure at Lattice

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- 12+ years of experience in software/firmware infrastructure, build systems, or DevOps — with direct FPGA or embedded hardware exposure
- Deep expertise in CMake — modular toolchain design, cross-compilation, FPGA-specific build flows
- Hands-on experience with JFrog Artifactory and Xray — artifact management, vulnerability scanning, repository governance
- Strong CI/CD pipeline development — Jenkins, GitHub CI, or equivalent in a hardware/firmware context
- Experience managing physical lab infrastructure — FPGA board farms, JTAG over IP, remote access, power management
- Solid understanding of hardware security — secure boot, bitstream encryption, JTAG access controls
- Track record of defining architecture standards and driving them across engineering teams
- Strong communicator — comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders and producing governance documentation
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience with Lattice FPGA devices or Lattice design tools
- Familiarity with board reservation and scheduling systems for shared lab environments
- Background in compliance reporting for internal or external audits

LOCATION

San Jose, CA — Onsite, Full-Time

WHY LATTICE?

We're the low power FPGA leader. Our firmware build infrastructure is mission-critical — it sits beneath every FPGA product we ship to 8,000+ customers worldwide. If you want to own the foundation, this is where you build it.

Competitive compensation | Equity | Benefits

Lattice Semiconductor is an equal opportunity employer.