Senior FPGA Engineer Surgical Robotics

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 FPGAs and a Bachelors degree; or 6 years of experience and a Masters 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)

Additional Information :

Due to the nature of our business and the role please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin color age religion protected veteran or disability status genetic information or any other status protected under federal state or local applicable laws.

Mandatory Notices

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This position may be filled at a different job level than listed here depending on
business need and/or on the selected candidates experience knowledge and skills.
Compensation will be based primarily on the job level at which the role is filled and the
candidates qualifications consistent with applicable law.

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We provide market-competitive compensation packages inclusive of base pay incentives benefits and equity. It would not be typical for someone to be hired at the top end of range for the role as actual pay will be determined based on several factors including experience skills and qualifications. The target compensation ranges are listed.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time