Senior/Staff FPGA & Electrical Engineer

Job Description

Senior/Staff R&D Engineer, FPGA & Electrical Design

San Diego, CA (100% onsite)

We’re hiring a hands-on FPGA and electrical engineer to own the low-power FPGA logic of an implantable system, along with the hardware around it. This is a hands-on design role. You’ll personally write, simulate and verify the RTL, not manage or integrate someone else’s FPGA work.

What You’ll Do

• Design, write and verify low-power FPGA logic in VHDL or SystemVerilog, from architecture through timing closure and hardware bring-up
• Build safety and fault-tolerant logic, including watchdogs, fault detection, redundant monitoring and safe-state behavior
• Design serial interfaces (LVDS, source-synchronous links, framing and error detection) and bring up a partner-developed ASIC on the FPGA
• Build simulation testbenches and verification plans before hardware
• Contribute to the surrounding hardware, including PCB and flex design, power, wireless charging and RF, in partnership with the broader electrical team
• Produce design documentation that supports a regulated medical device development process

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering
• 5+ years writing VHDL or SystemVerilog yourself, with experience in timing closure, clock-domain crossing and simulation (ModelSim/QuestaSim, cocotb or UVM)
• Hands-on experience with low-power FPGA families such as Lattice (iCE40, CrossLink, Nexus), Microchip (IGLOO, PolarFire) or Efinix
• Safety-critical or fault-tolerant digital design under a standard such as IEC 62304, ISO 14971, DO-254, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, or space/rad-hard (SEU mitigation)
• Serial interface design experience, or experience bringing up an ASIC or partner RTL on an FPGA

Nice to Have

• Active implantable device experience (neurostimulator, cochlear implant, cardiac rhythm device or BCI)
• Inductive or wireless charging design at the coil and tuning level, or RF/antenna design for body-worn or implanted devices
• High-density PCB or flex design in Altium