FPGA Recruitment · Austin, Texas
Specialist recruitment for RTL design, verification and FPGA system integration. Led by an engineer who understands the engineering behind the hire.
RunTime clarifies the engineering requirements, searches for relevant candidates, assesses their technical experience and delivers a focused shortlist for an individual role or defined search.
Discuss a specialist hireLance can work inside your hiring operation, collaborating with engineering managers and using your ATS and company email where agreed. This delivery model can support wider engineering hiring alongside FPGA roles.
Discuss an embedded recruiterHow the Embedded Recruiter service works →FPGA recruitment specialisms
These are distinct areas of FPGA engineering. A search is based on the required combination, not an assumption that every engineer covers all four.
VHDL, Verilog and SystemVerilog for engineers whose work includes architecture and RTL ownership.
Simulation, testbenches, UVM and formal methods where they are relevant to the design and verification brief.
Synthesis, timing constraints, timing closure and clock domain crossing for implementation-focused positions.
FPGA SoCs, embedded software, Linux and hardware interfaces for engineers working across system boundaries.
For Austin employers
We separate design, verification, implementation and integration responsibilities, then establish the device family, interfaces, toolchain and practical constraints.
Candidate discussions test what each engineer personally owned, including architecture, verification approach, timing closure, CDC decisions and hardware debug where relevant.
RunTime searches and directly approaches engineers whose experience aligns with the brief, then presents a focused shortlist with evidence, gaps and practical details.
Founder-led technical recruitment
Before recruitment, Lance Harvie developed electronics and firmware for industrial equipment, gaming systems and telecommunications products. He later built decades of specialist recruitment experience.
That background informs the questions RunTime asks about ownership, engineering decisions and fault investigation. It does not replace the client’s detailed FPGA technical interview.
RunTime Recruitment has operated since 2019.
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Austin engineering context
Austin’s local engineering context extends beyond software. The University of Texas at Austin describes open-access advanced microelectronics capabilities through the Texas Institute for Electronics, including semiconductor prototyping and 3D heterogeneous integration.
UT Austin’s Electrical and Computer Engineering research groups include integrated circuits, computer architecture, embedded signal processing and system-level design. These research areas form part of Austin’s wider electronics ecosystem and are relevant to teams hiring digital design and FPGA engineers.
Sources: UT Austin Research and Texas ECE research groups.
For FPGA engineers
Share your resume and the type of FPGA work you want to do. Include your preferred working arrangement, location or relocation constraints, and the parts of the development lifecycle you have personally owned.
Submit your resumeFrequently asked questions
The target device, design stage, RTL and verification ownership, interfaces, clocking, implementation constraints, toolchain and expected system integration all help separate essential experience from adjacent skills.
Yes. RunTime documents the employer’s actual working arrangement and presents it clearly. Onsite, hybrid and remote preferences are not treated as interchangeable.
Relocation can form part of the search where the employer is open to it. Interest, timing and practical constraints are confirmed with each candidate. No relocation or work-authorisation outcome is assumed.
RunTime clarifies what the engineer personally owned across design, verification, implementation and integration, then documents relevant evidence and open questions for the employer’s technical interview.
Discuss your hiring plan
Tell us what you’re building, who you need and when you need them. Choose Specialist Recruitment for a specific hire or Embedded Recruiter support for a wider hiring plan.
Prefer email? webform@runtimerec.com
