Looking for a good source to find FPGA developers for ADC PCB spinouts

[mesa]

Summary:: I am trying to find some good folks with knowledge in FOGA coding for some ADC boards our EEs are spinning out, but am having terrible luck so far...

I am trying to find some good folks with knowledge in FPGA coding for some ADC boards our EEs are spinning out for pulse heigh histograms for gamma spectral analysis, but am having not so great luck so far.

Currently I am dropping about $700 a week in advertising on Indeed (has worked really well for a lot of other positions, but not this). The plan is to throw this out to other websites so any suggestions on a better fit for this position is welcome.

I had the EEs also look at conferences (just missed the international conference on FPL) as a possible place to find some talent, is anyone aware of anything coming up in the near term?

Other suggestions are always welcome as well!

 

[berkeman]

Which specific FPGA are you using on your boards? Have you tried going to the Developer's Forums for whichever FPGA it is to see if there are sections on services offered? You can also do a Google search for that FPGA being mentioned in online discussion forums to find some folks who are actively working with them.

Have you contacted your local consulting agencies to see if any of them have FPGA developers in their networks? What is your estimate for the duration of the contract?

 

[mesa]

We are starting each candidtae on a simple project to try to make an 18-bit 2MSPS ANALOG MAX DAQ3 work for continuous output (it spits out about .2% of the data as shipped). This board runs the Intel Max 10.

As far as the new PCB, the EEs can be pretty flexible on the FPGA. At this point we plan to spin out multiple boards (a lot of trial and error to get to the right final design).

 

[berkeman]

Intel Max 10

I did a Google search on Intel Max 10 discussion forum and got some good hits. Here are a couple of them:

https://community.intel.com/t5/tag/Intel® MAX® 10 FPGAs/tg-p/tag-id/30

https://community.intel.com/t5/Programmable-Devices/My-1st-MAX-10-design/td-p/179246

They may give you some contacts that you can ping to ask about design services or candidates. Are you looking for a consultant or a permanent hire?

 

[mesa]

I did a Google search on Intel Max 10 discussion forum and got some good hits. Here are a couple of them:

https://community.intel.com/t5/tag/Intel® MAX® 10 FPGAs/tg-p/tag-id/30

https://community.intel.com/t5/Programmable-Devices/My-1st-MAX-10-design/td-p/179246

They may give you some contacts that you can ping to ask about design services or candidates. Are you looking for a consultant or a permanent hire?

That was fast. Good links too.

We are willing to take on folks either as a contract or for full time employment, it just depends on their skill sets and how well they can integrate into the PCB team.

 

[berkeman]

Do they need to be geographically near you, or can they work remotely? It also sounds like it might be helpful if they have DSP experience to understand what you are asking them to code up?

 

[mesa]

Remote work is perfectly acceptable and we have done it multiple times. We just ship the board and see what the candidate can do.

If we find someone good and we need them to meet for an in person with the team from time to time, the company covers all costs with travel, lodging, per diem, and a base hourly rate.

DSP could work but may not be able to handle our bit rates, an STM32 Arm is another possible option, we are pretty open.