Principal Embedded Software Engineer - FPGA
About The Position
The Principal Embedded Software Engineer (FPGA) is a technical leadership role responsible for architecting and guiding development of complex FPGA-based and embedded software systems used in Software in a Medical Device (SiMD) products. The position serves as a technical authority for FPGA architecture, hardware/software co-design, and embedded platform development, while aligning stakeholder needs, system architecture, regulatory requirements, and product implementation. The role provides technical leadership across multiple product development programs and collaborates with Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Manufacturing, Product Management, and Project Management. It ensures traceability from stakeholder needs through software requirements, implementation, verification, and risk control activities in accordance with design controls and the software development lifecycle.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- 8+ years of relevant embedded software experience.
- Experience developing embedded software and FPGA-based systems, including FPGA design, implementation, integration, and/or verification.
- Experience with FPGA development languages and technologies such as VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, SoC FPGA, or comparable FPGA platforms.
- Experience leading or contributing to complex embedded product development, including architecture, requirements, system integration, and verification.
- Experience programming in C/C++.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
- Experience with FPGA development tools and platforms, including AMD/Xilinx Vivado and/or Intel Quartus.
- Experience with embedded Linux and/or RTOS development, hardware/software co-design, and FPGA-based digital signal processing.
- Knowledge of FPGA and embedded software verification, including simulation, static/dynamic analysis, coverage analysis, Git, automated builds, and CI/CD.
- Experience with medical device or regulated product development, including requirements traceability, risk management, and standards such as IEC 62304, ISO 14971, and ISO 13485.
Responsibilities
- Lead architecture, design, implementation, integration, and verification of complex FPGA-based and embedded software systems for medical devices, including SoC and stand-alone FPGA architectures.
- Drive hardware/software partitioning, system-level architecture, and technical tradeoff decisions, translating user and system needs into software, FPGA, and subsystem design requirements.
- Establish FPGA development and verification best practices, including coding standards, reusable test frameworks, self-checking testbenches, automated regression, coverage-driven verification, scripted workflows, automated builds, and Continuous Integration.
- Partner with Test Leads to establish verification best practices, reusable test frameworks, self-checking testbenches, and automated regression.
- Lead complex FPGA design activities involving timing constraints, multiple clock domains, high-performance data paths, fixed-point arithmetic, real-time control, signal processing, and hardware/software interfaces.
- Serve as a technical authority across development programs by leading architecture and design reviews, resolving complex technical issues, exploring emerging technologies, and developing reusable technology roadmaps.
- Ensure compliance with medical-device design controls, software lifecycle processes, risk management, traceability, and applicable regulatory standards, supporting regulatory submissions, audits, and QMS deliverables.
- Lead development and review of requirements, architecture, design, verification, risk management, and Design History File documentation.
- Coach engineers on testable requirements, maintainability, and design for safety.
- Provide cross-functional technical leadership from concept through commercialization, partnering with Systems, Electrical, Quality, Regulatory, Clinical, Manufacturing, Product Management, and Project Management.
- Mentor engineers and incorporate customer and business needs into product development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
