Senior FPGA Engineer - Surgical Robotics

Job description

The Senior FPGA Engineer will develop and support innovative surgical devices and accessories for the da Vinci Surgical System, from concept to launch and beyond, with shared responsibility and shared reward. The successful candidate will understand user needs and requirements, balance individual product-level requirements with system-level requirements, developing complex FPGA solutions for communications, video, control processing and other advanced capabilities, and commit to the highest product quality.

Roles & Responsibilities

FPGA implementations of one or more of the following: video signal processing, DMA, high-speed communications, sensor integration, motor control, and integration of modern embedded computing modules. Develop all FPGA RTL in Verilog and System Verilog. Integrate, debug and support the product after launch. Write detailed design documentation, including specifications and verification protocols. Serve as lead technical designer on cross-functional project teams to develop new world-class surgical devices and accessories.

Collaborate and support the quality and regulatory processes.

Qualifications

Required Education, Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 8 years of experience designing electronic devices with FPGA's and a Bachelor's degree; or 6 years of experience and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 3 years of experience; or equivalent experience
• Proficiency with Verilog for both synthesis and verification
• Proficiency in FPGA design or front-end IC design Experience working with Xilinx FPGA families such as: Spartan, Artix, Virtex, Kintex, UltraScale and Ultrascale+ MPSoC Experience with Xilinx FPGA design tools (such as ISE, Vivado, ModelSim, TCL scripting, Chipscope/Integrated Logic Analyzer (ILA), Microblaze compiler, etc.) In-depth knowledge of FPGA architecture, design, verification, and debug (Xilinx)

Desired Skills & Experience

Experience with SoC including (e.g., Zynq with ARM cores) and soft processors (e.g. MicroBlaze) is desirable Experience with Gigabit ethernet, DDR3/DD4, DSP implementations on FPGAs Effectively use of troubleshooting and measurement equipment like oscilloscopes, multimeters, function generators, custom test platforms, spectrum analyzer, etc. Extensive experience working at all phases of the product lifecycle, from concept to continuous improvement (sustaining)