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Sr. Staff Embedded Firmware/FPGA Systems Engineer

USA CA - Milpitas 155💼 Full-time💰 $168,600–$168,600🗓 2026-08-19 → 2026-09-25

Core

Drive embedded firmware and FPGA development on ARM-based instrumentation platforms for high-throughput biomedical systems.

Role type

Sr. Staff Embedded Firmware/FPGA Systems Engineer

Builds

Complex instrumentation systems with on-board FPGA logic, ARM SoC firmware, and off-board compute integration

Domain

Life Sciences / Biomedical Instrumentation / Embedded Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Embedded firmware architecture, FPGA RTL design (Verilog/VHDL/SystemVerilog), Linux BSP development, C/C++ programming, Python automation, High-speed interface design (PCIe, JESD204B, DDR), DMA optimization, Test bench development

Preferred skills

Flow Cytometry/Genomics instrumentation experience, Legacy codebase modernization, System-level thinking

Technologies

Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, ModelSim, VCS, Linux Kernel, ARM SoC, PCIe Gen 3/4/5, JESD204B/C, DDR3/DDR4, SPI, I2C, UART

Responsibilities

Provide technical direction and architectural guidance for embedded firmware and FPGA development; Own development and architecture of embedded firmware and programmable logic; Define architecture balancing on-board and off-board compute; Develop Linux BSP components, kernel configuration, boot loaders, HALs and device drivers; Build embedded services in C/C++ and develop python-based automation for testing and validation

Seniority

Sr. Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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