Job Title: FPGA Engineer
Reports to: Director of Engineering – Hardware Systems
We’re seeking an FPGA Engineer with demonstrated medical-device development and real-time video-processing expertise. This engineer will design, implement, and verify complex FPGA solutions for medical imaging and video systems, spanning requirements, architecture, implementation, unit verification, risk-informed documentation, and system integration. The role requires close collaboration with hardware, software, systems, quality, and regulatory teams throughout the product-development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
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Design and implement digital signal processing solutions, including FIR/IIR filters and other DSP algorithms.
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Evaluate, integrate, and verify third-party IP cores within system designs.
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Develop custom digital logic to interface among IP cores and system components.
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Create and maintain efficient FPGA architectures that meet performance, power, and resource-utilization requirements.
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Architect and implement real-time video and image-signal-processing pipelines, including sensor interfaces, pixel correction, color processing, scaling, filtering, frame buffering, format conversion, and display or streaming interfaces.
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Write and maintain automation scripts for FPGA build, simulation, and verification processes.
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Perform timing closure on complex FPGA designs.
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Manage integration between logic and processing systems in FPGA system-on-chip (SoC) devices.
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Create and execute verification plans for custom logic, video-processing pipelines, and third-party IP, including simulation, test benches, coverage, image-quality evaluation, and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
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Optimize FPGA designs for resource utilization and performance.
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Debug hardware issues using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and other test equipment.
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Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture specifications and design documents.
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Collaborate with hardware, software, systems, quality, and regulatory teams to translate medical-device and video-system requirements into robust FPGA designs and integration plans.
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Support medical-device system integration, design verification, traceability, risk-control implementation, anomaly investigation, and testing in accordance with applicable quality-system procedures.
Education and
Experience
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field from an accredited institution.
· Minimum of 5 years of FPGA development experience.
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Strong proficiency in VHDL and Verilog.
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Demonstrated expertise implementing real-time video, image, and digital signal processing on FPGAs.
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Experience with Xilinx and/or Intel (Altera) FPGA development tools and video-processing IP ecosystems.
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Proficiency in TCL scripting for build automation and tool customization.
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Understanding of DSP principles, including FIR/IIR filter design.
· Experience with timing analysis and constraint development.
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Expertise in the integration and verification of third-party IP cores.
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Knowledge of version control systems, including Git.
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Experience with simulation, verification methodologies, image-quality assessment, and automated regression testing for video-processing designs.
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Understanding of hardware bring-up and debug processes.
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Hands-on experience integrating image sensors, video interfaces, memory subsystems, and DSP/ISP functions in FPGA-based products.
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Required: experience developing medical-device electronics or imaging systems within a regulated quality system, including design controls, requirements traceability, risk management, verification, and technical documentation.
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Strong knowledge of video timing, pixel formats, color spaces, frame-rate conversion, latency, bandwidth, and image-quality tradeoffs.
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Experience with relevant camera, display, and streaming interfaces such as MIPI CSI-2, LVDS, HDMI, DisplayPort, SDI, or Ethernet video is highly desirable.
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Working knowledge of medical-device software and hardware lifecycle standards, including IEC 62304, IEC 60601-1, ISO 14971, and FDA design-control expectations, is preferred.
