Deandre Hoskins

About Deandre Hoskins

Customer-focused FPGA Engineer with nearly 20 years of experience, including the last 5 years as a Field Applications Engineer delivering pre-sales and post-sales technical solutions across the Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor, and High-Frequency Trading industries. Skilled in driving customer engagement, delivering technical presentations, and executing proof-of-concepts that accelerate adoption of FPGA and EDA technologies. Strong background in RTL design, synthesis, verification, debugging, and timing closure, with hands-on support for client-critical projects. Adept at translating complex engineering challenges into business-aligned solutions and now looking to apply this experience in a strategic Account Management role focused on long-term customer success and revenue growth.o Delivered technical demos and presentations on FPGA synthesis solutions using the Synplify Tool Suite, contributing to over $30M+ in revenue across strategic customer accountso Supported 10+ enterprise clients, driving adoption of Synopsys EDA tools in aerospace & defense, semiconductor, and finance sectorso Supported mission-critical customer designs for FPGA implementation and HAPS prototyping, providing hands-on expertise in VHDL, SystemVerilog, synthesis, timing closure, and debugo Led pre-sales technical evaluations and proof-of-concepts, resulting in new customer onboarding and solution deploymento Spearheaded full-cycle FPGA development, from RTL design to system-level verification and integrationo Designed RTL for FPGAs and CPLDs used in Software Defined Radios and Missile Guidance Systemso Developed testbenches and verification environments, including Bus Functional Models and Full Functional Modelso Managed a team of 20 engineers, leading program staffing, technical guidance, and performance reviews

Experience

1. Senior Staff Field Applications Engineer

   Synopsys Inc

   Aug 2023 — Present · San Diego, CA, US

Education

• Wayne State University

  BS, Electrical Engineering

  1999 — 2006

Skills

• Matlab
• Modelsim
• Component Integration
• Integration
• Vhdl
• Simulations
• Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (Fpga)
• Testing
• Electrical Engineering
• Project Management
• Fpga
• Embedded Software
• Digital Signal Processors
• Public Speaking
• Fpga Design
• Electronics
• Circuit Design
• Xilinx
• Firmware
• Embedded Systems