Principal FPGA Engineer

Teledyne; Richmond; On-site; CAD 114,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated in Canada (Richmond, BC) is seeking a Principal FPGA Engineer to shape the architecture for advanced industrial imaging systems, balancing performance, cost, reliability, and scalability across multi-site teams.

You will mentor FPGA designers, define RTL standards, drive security features, and collaborate with product, hardware, firmware, and manufacturing teams to bring complex designs from concept to production.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering is required.
• Strong technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration skills are required.
• Extensive FPGA development experience with VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog is required.
• Experience with FPGA toolchains from AMD/Xilinx, Intel/Altera, or Microchip is required.
• Proven FPGA/firmware integration experience including processors, memory controllers, and register maps is required.
• Hands-on hardware bring-up and lab debugging experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Define FPGA architecture strategy across industrial camera platforms.
• Lead and mentor a team of FPGA designers, providing technical guidance.
• Establish RTL standards, design methodologies, and reusable IP practices.
• Drive FPGA security features including bitstream protection and secure updates.
• Select FPGA devices and manage resource budgets to optimize cost, power, and longevity.
• Serve as final technical authority for FPGA architecture decisions and firmware integration.
• Conduct design reviews covering RTL, schematics, memory maps, interfaces.
• Lead FPGA build, release, automation, and regression infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product, manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering teams across sites.
• Evaluate emerging FPGA technologies, tools, and design approaches.

Skills

Technical leadership

FPGA development (VHDL/Verilog/SV)

FPGA verification

FPGA toolchains

FPGA integration

Hardware bring-up

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Advanced degree in machine vision/imaging (advantage)

Tools

AMD/Xilinx toolchains

Intel/Altera toolchains

Microchip FPGA platforms

Job description

Canada - Richmond, BC

Full time

REQ36558

Be visionary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

Job Description

Principal FPGA Engineer – Advanced Industrial Imaging Systems

Join a Teledyne Vision Solutions engineering team focused on high-performance industrial camera technology. In this role, you will shape the FPGA architecture strategy behind next-generation imaging products, balancing performance, cost, reliability, and scalability.

If you enjoy leading technical direction, mentoring engineers, and solving complex digital design challenges, this is an opportunity to influence products from concept through production while collaborating with FPGA, firmware, hardware, and product teams across multiple sites.

What you’ll do

• DefineFPGAarchitecturestrategyacrossindustrialcameraplatforms.
• LeadandmentorateamofFPGAdesigners,providingtechnicalguidanceandcoaching.
• EstablishRTLstandards,designmethodologies,andreusableIPpractices.
• DriveFPGAsecurityfeaturesincludingbitstreamprotectionandsecureupdatesupport.
• SelectFPGAdevicesandmanageresourcebudgetstooptimizecost,power,andlongevity.
• ServeasthefinaltechnicalauthorityforFPGAarchitecturedecisionsandfirmwareintegration.
• ConductdesignreviewscoveringRTL,schematics,pinassignments,memorymaps,andinterfaces.
• LeadFPGAbuild,release,automation,andregressioninfrastructure.
• Collaboratewithproduct,manufacturing,supplychain,andengineeringteamsacrosssites.
• EvaluateemergingFPGAtechnologies,tools,anddesignapproaches.

What you need

• Required: Strongtechnicalleadership,mentoring,andcross-functionalcollaborationskills.
• Required: ExtensiveFPGAdevelopmentexperienceusingVHDLand/orVerilog/System Verilog.
• Required: Expertiseinsimulation,synthesis,timingclosure,CDCanalysis,constraints,andverification.
• Required: ExperiencewithAMD/Xilinx,Intel/Altera,orMicrochipFPGAplatformsandtoolchains.
• Required: ProvenFPGA/firmwareintegrationexperienceincludingprocessors,memorycontrollers,andregistermaps.
• Required: Hands-onhardwarebring-upandlabdebuggingexperience.
• Required: Bachelor’sdegreeinElectricalEngineeringorComputerEngineering.
• Advantage: Advanceddegreeandexperienceinmachinevision,imaging,camerasystems,orhigh-speeddigitaldesign.

What we offer

• Opportunitytoinfluencethearchitectureofadvancedimagingproducts.
• DeeptechnicalchallengesspanningFPGA,firmware,andhardware.
• Collaborationacrossaglobalengineeringcommunity.
• Acultureofknowledgesharingandtechnicalexcellence.
• ExposuretoemergingFPGAtechnologiesanddesignmethodologies.
• Long-termengineeringimpactwithinTeledyneTechnologies.

What happens next

Applications are reviewed by the recruiting and hiring team, followed by a recruiter conversation and interviews with technical and business stakeholders. Timelines may vary.

Teledyne is an equal opportunity employer committed to building innovative technology through collaboration, integrity, and technical excellence.

Salary Range

$114,200.00-$152,300.000

The anticipated salary range listed for this role is only an estimate. Actual compensation for successful candidates is carefully determined based on several factors including, but not limited to, location, local regulations (such as minimum wage), education/training, work experience, key skills, and type of position.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day .

Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.