Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer

Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer

(Low Latency Embedded Systems, SoC/FPGA, and Optical Imaging)

Are you passionate about delivering excellence and making a real impact? Do you thrive on applying analytical skills, innovative thinking, and technical expertise to meaningful challenges? If so, consider this opportunity to contribute to transformative technology in the field of computer vision for medical devices.

• Design and integrate IR camera assemblies (lenses, filters, sensors) on a SoC with FPGA platform.

• Oversee firmware development on the SoC’s microcontroller for control, data acquisition, and peripheral management.

• Write and maintain FPGA firmware (VHDL/Verilog) for real-time signal processing.

• Develop microcontroller firmware within the SoC, coordinating sensor inputs, structured light patterns, and triggers.

• Collaborate with external vendors to refine board-level designs, ensuring performance and regulatory compliance.

• Define and implement communication protocols (Ethernet, USB, PCIe, or custom) linking embedded hardware and external host systems.

• Plan for future-grade embedded hardware solutions, with emphasis on secure, low-latency, real-time data flow.

• Customize and optimize Linux for low-latency operation and high-throughput data pipelines.

• Ensure robust communications for transferring sensor and streaming data between system endpoints.

• Work closely with software developers, mechatronics engineers, and external partners to integrate the SoC/FPGA solution with applications.

• Guide software design and troubleshooting with hardware-level insights.

• Conduct hardware bring-up, verification, and risk analysis per ISO 13485, IEC 60601.

• Maintain thorough design documentation, supporting medical device standards and best practices.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical, computer, optical, or related engineering discipline.

• 5+ years’ experience designing embedded hardware with SoC/FPGA platforms.

• Firmware skills: FPGA development (VHDL/Verilog) and microcontroller firmware for sensor control.

• Optical systems focus: IR image sensors, lenses, filters, and calibration for real-time imaging.

• High-speed data and protocols: Ethernet, USB, PCIe, FMC, or similar fast interfaces.

• Linux optimization for low-latency, data-heavy applications.

• Comfortable collaborating with vendors and managing board design deliverables.

• Understanding of medical device standards: ISO 13485, IEC 60601, ISO62304.

• Optical metrology: Structured light, IR spectroscopy, advanced camera systems.

• Signal integrity and debugging: Board analysis, simulation tools, advanced debugging.

• Robot integration: Familiarity with ROS, industrial bus protocols for robotic and mechatronic control.

• Startup experience: Ability to thrive in fast-paced environments, adapting quickly and balancing multiple tasks.

Monday, Wednesday, Friday are office days. Tuesday and Thursday are optional remote days.