Firmware Engineer – FPGA & Imaging Systems (FPGA)

Location: Goleta, California, United States; must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Salary: $113,600–$151,400 per year.

Company

Develops high-reliability enabling technologies and advanced sensing and imaging solutions for industrial growth markets.

What you will do

• Design, develop, implement, and test FPGA-based firmware and digital hardware for advanced infrared camera systems.
• Implement video signal-processing algorithms and camera-control capabilities within FPGA architectures.
• Develop and support high-speed interfaces between infrared sensors, processing hardware, memory, and other system components.
• Collaborate with systems, mechanical, software, firmware, and video-processing engineers to define requirements and integrate complete camera systems.
• Debug hardware and FPGA designs using logic analyzers, high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, and FPGA development tools.
• Support system integration, troubleshooting, verification, design validation, documentation, technical reviews, and resolution of complex hardware and firmware issues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline; relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of education.
• 5+ years of experience in digital hardware design, FPGA development, testing, or a related engineering discipline.
• Proficiency with Verilog or VHDL for FPGA development and verification.
• Experience with FPGAs, microprocessors, high-speed interfaces, DDR or flash memory, and complex digital electronic systems.
• Hands-on debugging experience with logic analyzers, high-speed oscilloscopes, signal generators, or FPGA debugging tools.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across firmware, software, hardware, systems, mechanical, and other engineering disciplines.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident.

Nice to have

• Experience with Xilinx, Intel/Altera, Lattice, or Microchip FPGA families.
• Embedded driver development experience.
• Experience with I2C, SPI, UART, USB, Bluetooth, or display interfaces.
• Experience with image-processing or video-processing pipelines for camera systems.
• Experience with infrared or other advanced imaging systems and signal-processing algorithms.
• Experience with ModelSim, MATLAB, or Simulink.
• Experience with ISO 26262 automotive functional safety.
• High-speed digital design and interface development experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, team-focused engineering environment with cross-disciplinary work.
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance starting on Day 1.
• Paid vacation, sick time, and holidays.
• 401(k) with company match and employee stock purchase plan.
• Educational tuition reimbursement and career development opportunities.
• Employee events throughout the year.