Modeled career paths · FPGA design

Where does a Staff FPGA Engineer go next?

What employers are asking a Staff FPGA Engineer for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Typical advancement

Director of Programmable Logic+43% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

84% of modeled moves out of Staff FPGA Engineer go here

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Higher-growth opportunity

Director of Verification+53% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Staff Verification Engineer. 4% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Chief Information Officer+53% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of IT. 2% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Director of Silicon Engineering+59% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Staff Silicon Engineer. 2% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Adjacent career

Staff Silicon Engineer+11% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Staff FPGA Engineer go here

lateral92% of modeled exits move upward from there

Staff Verification Engineer+7% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Staff FPGA Engineer go here

lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of IT-30% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Staff FPGA Engineer go here

lateral64% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.