Top 20 companies that use FPGA

2. L3Harris

How L3Harris uses FPGA:

• Designed schematic and FPGA interface for UART test board used for the integration and testing phase of the AHP system.
• Implemented McBSP, EMIFS, and shared memory device drivers to bridge communications between a TI 320C55x and the FPGA.
• Created Modulator FPGA design specification.

Most common skills for L3Harris:

• DOD
• Test Equipment
• Technical Support
• ISO
• Business Development
• Troubleshoot

3. Apple

Most common skills for Apple:

• Apple
• Customer Service
• Mac
• Product Knowledge
• Technical Issues
• Customer Satisfaction

4. Raytheon Technologies

How Raytheon Technologies uses FPGA:

• Used Altera Maxplus II for FPGA and CPLD development, HP and Tektronix logic analyzers and scopes for checkout.
• Participated in digital signal processing (FPGA) hardware design and integration.
• Prevented loss time for software testing by debugging complex hardware simulator issues that heavily use FPGA and microcontroller processors.

Most common skills for Raytheon Technologies:

• Sigma
• Earned Value Management
• RF
• Test Equipment
• Test Procedures
• Linux

5. Northrop Grumman

How Northrop Grumman uses FPGA:

• Developed GUI to parse ASIC RTL sim data & generate test scenarios in an FPGA emulation environment.
• Developed FPGA interface and hardware abstraction layer (HAL) drivers.
• Added a serial communication block to FPGA to accommodate linear FM feature.

Most common skills for Northrop Grumman:

• DOD
• CAD
• Linux
• Process Improvement
• Troubleshoot
• Technical Support

6. BAE Systems

How BAE Systems uses FPGA:

• Integrated and coded NIOS processor in PCI Express endpoint FPGA.
• Power distribution and discrete power thermal control FPGA (Actel) design based on [ ] specification.
• Lead FPGA developer on multiple projects responsible for concept definition, staffing, work breakdown, and scheduling.

Most common skills for BAE Systems:

• DOD
• RF
• Business Development
• ISO
• Process Improvement
• Design Reviews

7. Lockheed Martin

How Lockheed Martin uses FPGA:

• Designed a library of standard circuits in nanotechnology for mixed signal RFIC's, PCB's and FPGA's.
• Integrated an Altera FPGA design for transmission and reception of packets over an optical link at 2.488 Gbps rate.
• Utilized Xilinx FPGA and AtmelAVR microprocessor to simulate ARINC-429 digital aircraft data bus.

Most common skills for Lockheed Martin:

• DOD
• R
• Unix
• SharePoint
• Management System
• Windows

8. Meta

Most common skills for Meta:

• Facebook
• Visualization
• POS
• API
• Twitter
• Java

9. Amd

How Amd uses FPGA:

• Design included multiple interconnected boards, Xilinx Spartan-3 FPGA, and enclosure.

Most common skills for Amd:

• OS
• Linux
• Process Improvement
• Unix
• Perl
• Debugging

10. Blue Origin

Most common skills for Blue Origin:

• Logistics
• Hazardous Materials
• FEA

11. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Most common skills for The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory:

• Patients
• Cell Lines
• Unix
• Study Design
• Linux
• HIPAA

12. Boeing

How Boeing uses FPGA:

• Created a Xilinx Spartan FPGA design to interpret UART interface, custom/proprietary serial interface commands and function as an ADC controller.
• Researched and completed a cost proposal for a FPGA upgrade effort to expand functionally and lower cost.
• Created an Actel FPGA design to handle radar / laser RS-422 serial communication.

Most common skills for Boeing:

• Engineering Drawings
• Process Improvement
• Project Management
• FAA
• Corrective Action
• Technical Support

13. Freeform

14. NVIDIA

How NVIDIA uses FPGA:

• Lead design of current generation high density FPGA emulation boards in-house and recognized for significant cost saving for the company.

Most common skills for NVIDIA:

• Windows
• Ruby
• PowerPoint
• Linux
• Mobile Device Management
• RF

15. Siemens

How Siemens uses FPGA:

• Control logic was realized by an FPGA.
• Worked in team environment that developed a GPON Media Access Controller (MAC) FPGA.
• Design to be realized by a XILINX FPGA.

Most common skills for Siemens:

• ISO
• Project Management
• Technical Support
• SharePoint
• Process Improvement
• Sigma

16. Leidos

How Leidos uses FPGA:

• Designed the FPGA and HDL architecture to support the Leidos WBS Adaptive Beam-forming Signal Processing System.
• Performed FPGA place and route and timing closure for multiple Xilinx V5SX240 devices and for a single chip Xilinx Virtex-7 implementation.

Most common skills for Leidos:

• Cell-Based Assays
• DOD
• Project Management
• RF
• Subject Matter Experts
• SharePoint

17. M.I.T. International, Inc.

Most common skills for M.I.T. International, Inc.:

• GD
• Inspection Reports
• Destructive Testing
• Flow Cytometry
• Confluence
• HR

18. SpaceX

Most common skills for SpaceX:

• ISO
• Signal Generators
• Ethernet
• Part Numbers
• Test Results
• Control Systems

19. SAIC

Most common skills for SAIC:

• DOD
• SharePoint
• Project Management
• Technical Support
• Business Development
• Management System

20. Kforce

Most common skills for Kforce:

• HR
• Customer Service
• Client Facing
• Troubleshoot
• Computer System
• Gross Profit