Senior Principal Electrical Engineer FPGA (Bothell WA)

Responsibilities

• Technical leadership of FPGA architecture and design in Solta embedded products
• Define and document FPGA functional requirements
• Hold and participate in technical design reviews
• Design and implement FPGA solutions such as system communication, control algorithms, data movement and processing
• Conduct laboratory test, debug, and integration activities
• Perform and document requirement verification
• Participate in failure mode, safety, and hazard analysis of new and legacy device designs
• Familiarity with energy delivery modalities include ultrasound, LASER, and/or RF energy
• Assure compliance of equipment to IEC medical device standards (60601-1, 60601-1-2, etc.)
• Mentor junior engineers in best practices in design, debugging, and documentation
• Learn and support legacy products while developing new ones
• Improve the tools and methods for FPGA development

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Electrical Engineering. Master's preferred
• An expert level working knowledge of electrical engineering concepts/principals as they relate to digital hardware development and product development
• Minimum ten years in FPGA design and development
• Hands-on experience with typical electronics laboratory test equipment
• A solid working knowledge of analog/digital circuitry, EDA software (Altium), and design for manufacturability
• Outstanding requirements and specification writing skills for regulated products/applications, including design traceability and verification and validation plans
• Experience with IEC 60601 or similar regulatory standards or design in a regulated environment (SEMI, MIL-STD, FAA)
• Ability to work in a fast-paced multidisciplinary environment including software, optical, RF, and mechanical engineers and project managers
• Skilled in problem definition, data collection and analysis, generating solid conclusions and recommendations
• Techically creative and motivated to explore design trade-offs in the development of complex electrical and electro-mechanical systems designs
• Ability to multi-task, and capable of executing multiple assignments on time

Skills

• Solid understanding of FPGA architectures, their hardware/software interfaces, and memory interfaces (DDR, SRAM, Flash)
• Proficiency with VHDL (some Verilog)
• Proficiency with Xilinx and Altera FPGA tool flow (ISE, Vivado, Quartus)
• Proficiency with HDL simulation tools (Questa)
• Proficiency with FPGA timing closure techniques
• Proficiency with reading electrical schematics
• Experience with source control tools (Perforce)
• Experience with MatLab or equivalent modelling language programming