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Remote FPGA Engineer jobs are open across defense, aerospace, semiconductor, and telecommunications sectors at remote-first firms and distributed engineering teams ranging from seed-stage hardware startups to established embedded systems contractors. Employers hiring remotely right now include Vanteon Corporation, ASML, and Kepler Communications. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Are you an engineer with deep experience in FPGA development who likes to build systems from first principles? FPGAs play an integral role in Oxide’s Cloud Computer: our approach to hardware/software co-design has them at the center of our board management, monitoring, and overall product functionality. We are looking for FPGA engineers to join our team to work on our next-generation products.
As an engineer focused on soft logic platform enablement, you will:
Develop VHDL code that enables core board functionality ranging from power sequencing and monitoring to flash content hash offload
Work with hardware engineers developing boards and signal paths around FPGAs
Collaborate with software engineers to develop interfaces and protocols
Develop tooling to accelerate FPGA workflows and integrate FPGA-based systems at the hardware/software interface
Directly participate in the design and evolution of the Oxide hardware platform
You will thrive in this role if you:
Have experience achieving timing closure on FPGA designs of varying size and performance, including I/O timing analysis
Have experience implementing soft cores as well as working with hard IP, particularly with AMD/Xilinx devices and tools
Have experience with a variety of protocols such as I2C/I3C, SPI/QSPI, eSPI, and low-speed serial communication protocols
Have experience with high-speed SERDES based protocols and encodings (e.g. 8b10b)
Are energized by the thought of working with a diverse group of hardware and software engineers to codesign hardware platforms
Produce good documentation and/or written descriptions of your ideas
Have experience building, shipping, and maintaining digital systems in the field
Prefer continuous integration, testing, and automation over vendor GUIs
Before applying for this role, you should:
Browse our public Requests for Discussion to get a flavor for how we work.
Listen to Hiring Processes with Gergely Orosz to familiarize yourself with the Oxide hiring process.
Check out our blog post on how we do remote hardware development
Listen to some of our hardware-centric episodes of Oxide and Friends. A few recommendations:
Bringing up Cosmo on bringing up our AMD Turin-based compute sled
Tales from the Bringup Lab on bringing up our first compute sled
The Sidecar Switch on bringing up our switch
Oxide and the Chamber of Mysteries on our escapades achieving EMI compliance
The Power of Proto Boards! on how we quickly iterate on board design
The Network Behind the Network on the specific challenges of our service processor network
Rack-scale Networking to understand our approach to networking and some of the details of our implementation
Life at Oxide
We are very explicit about our values, and they can be seen in daily life at Oxide, for example:
Our rigor means we enjoy and take pride in the craft of engineering.
Our urgency means that we are not above the judicious short-cut.
Our versatility is reflected in our greatest strength: the breadth of our team.
Our transparency can be seen in our consensus-driven RFD process.
Our responsibility means that we both lead and follow: we have our own domains, but we also help others on their parts.
Our curiosity shows in our insatiable desire to learn – and our empathy in our love of teaching others.
Our humor is a big part of our daily lives: we are inveterate wise-crackers whose video meetings spill into simultaneous text chat.
Working at Oxide
Remote first
Most of our team are based outside of the Bay Area. We do ask that your workday overlaps with Pacific Time for at least four hours.
Flexible working hours
Our families and lives outside of our jobs are very important to us; our schedules are flexible to reflect and support that.
Premium healthcare
We offer the best medical PPO, dental, and vision plans we can find and cover 100% of premiums for employees and dependents.
Compensation
Everyone at Oxide makes $275,000 USD, regardless of location. (Some sales positions have a lower base salary and contain a commission component.)
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Electronics & Hardware
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote FPGA engineer jobs.
- Proficiency in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog for RTL design and synthesis
- Hands-on experience with Xilinx or Intel Altera device families and associated toolchains
- Ability to perform timing analysis, constraint writing, and timing closure
- Experience with simulation and verification tools such as ModelSim, QuestaSim, or similar
- Bachelor's degree or higher in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field
- Familiarity with high-speed serial interfaces such as PCIe, Aurora, or Ethernet MAC cores
Tips for Your Remote FPGA Engineer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote fpga engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your stack and apply directly without sifting through location-filtered results on general job boards.
Show async communication in your application
Remote fpga teams collaborate through written design reviews, Confluence docs, and Slack threads rather than whiteboard sessions. Include a writing sample, documented architecture decision, or detailed commit history that shows you can communicate complex HDL logic clearly without a live conversation.
Build a public HDL portfolio before you apply
Remote hiring managers can't evaluate your bench work in person, so a GitHub repository with documented VHDL or Verilog projects, synthesis reports, and simulation waveforms does the work your resume can't. Projects that show real timing closure and resource utilization data carry the most weight.
Target remote-first hardware companies directly
Defense IP vendors, semiconductor soft-core developers, and communications hardware firms with distributed teams hire fpga engineers remotely as a default, not an exception. Searching by those sectors filters out companies that list remote roles temporarily but expect eventual relocation.
Remote FPGA Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote fpga engineer job?
Target companies with distributed hardware teams, particularly in defense contracting, semiconductor IP, and communications infrastructure, where remote fpga work is well-established. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication about design decisions, and hands-on proficiency with VHDL or Verilog, Vivado or Quartus, and simulation toolchains. Demonstrating that you can debug independently and document your work asynchronously gives you a concrete edge over candidates with equivalent technical skills.
Which companies hire remote fpga engineers?
Employers currently hiring remote fpga engineers include Vanteon Corporation, ASML, and Kepler Communications, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. The mix tends to include remote-first defense and aerospace contractors, semiconductor IP vendors, and communications hardware companies that run distributed engineering teams.
Can you get a remote fpga engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level fpga roles are harder to land because you're expected to operate independently from day one without on-site mentorship. Companies hiring entry-level remote fpga engineers remotely often look for open-source FPGA projects, documented HDL work on platforms like GitHub, or academic capstone designs. Showing you can communicate design choices in writing and troubleshoot without hand-holding opens the door when formal experience is thin.
Do you need a degree for remote fpga engineer jobs?
Not always. Many remote employers care more about demonstrated HDL proficiency, working knowledge of timing constraints and synthesis flows, and a portfolio of real designs than a formal credential. A degree in electrical engineering or computer engineering is common among applicants, but candidates who show concrete results through personal projects, contract work, or open-source contributions regularly advance past those with degrees and no practical output.
Which industries hire the most remote fpga engineers?
Most remote fpga engineer openings sit in Technology & Software and Electronics & Hardware, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors rely on distributed engineering teams where fpga design and verification work can proceed independently across time zones.
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