Senior FPGA Engineer

Teledyne; Richmond; On-site; CAD 94,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne in Richmond, BC is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead FPGA subsystems for machine vision camera development. You will own designs from concept to production, delivering high-performance RTL for sensors, image pipelines, host interfaces, and control infrastructure.

Join a small, collaborative team to solve complex hardware challenges, mentor engineers, and drive area, power, and cost optimization across next-generation camera platforms.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills, ownership mindset, and collaborative communication.
• 7+ years of FPGA development using VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Experience with simulation, synthesis, timing closure, and FPGA implementation.
• Proven ability to optimize designs for small, cost-effective FPGA devices.
• Experience with Vivado, Quartus, Libero, or similar toolchains.
• Hardware bring-up and lab debugging using FPGA test equipment.
• Scripting experience with Tcl and/or Python.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• Advantage: Machine vision, imaging systems, camera interfaces, image processing, embedded firmware, or CI workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own FPGA subsystem design from requirements through production release.
• Develop RTL for sensor interfaces, image processing pipelines, host interfaces, and control infrastructure.
• Optimize designs for area, resource utilization, power, and cost.
• Create constraints, perform timing closure, and analyze clock-domain crossings.
• Define FPGA/firmware interfaces, register maps, and memory architectures.
• Develop verification plans, simulation environments, and test benches.
• Lead hardware bring-up and debug of prototype boards and interfaces.
• Investigate production and field issues and drive root-cause resolution.
• Collaborate with firmware, hardware, sensor, test, and product teams.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to FPGA development processes and reuse.

Skills

FPGA development

VHDL/Verilog

SystemVerilog

Tcl/Python

Hardware bring-up

Vivado/Quartus

Scripting

Education

Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

Libero

Job description

Canada - Richmond, BC

Full time

REQ36560

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

Senior FPGA Engineer - Machine Vision Camera Development

Join a Teledyne team developing industrial machine vision camera systems used in demanding applications around the world. As a Senior FPGA Engineer, you will play a key role in bringing advanced camera platforms from concept to production, owning critical FPGA subsystems that directly impact performance, cost, and product success.

If you enjoy solving complex hardware design challenges, working close to the product, and seeing your work ship in real-world systems, this is an opportunity to make a visible technical impact on a small, collaborative engineering team.

What you'll do

• OwnFPGAsubsystemdesignfromrequirementsthroughproductionrelease.
• DevelopRTLforsensorinterfaces,imageprocessingpipelines,hostinterfaces,andcontrolinfrastructure.
• Optimizedesignsforarea,resourceutilization,power,andcost.
• Createconstraints,performtimingclosure,andanalyzeclockdomaincrossings.
• DefineFPGA/firmwareinterfaces,registermaps,andmemoryarchitectures.
• Developverificationplans,simulationenvironments,andtestbenches.
• Leadhardwarebring-upanddebugofprototypeboardsandinterfaces.
• Investigateproductionandfieldissuesanddriveroot-causeresolution.
• Collaboratewithfirmware,hardware,sensor,test,andproductteams.
• MentorengineersandcontributetoFPGAdevelopmentprocessesandreuse.

What you need

• Required: Stronganalyticalskills,ownershipmindset,andcollaborativecommunication.
• Required: 7+yearsofFPGAdevelopmentusingVHDLand/orVerilog/System Verilog.
• Required: Experiencewithsimulation,synthesis,timingclosure,andFPGAimplementation.
• Required: Provenabilitytooptimizedesignsforsmall,cost-effectiveFPGAdevices.
• Required: ExperiencewithVivado,Quartus,Libero,orsimilartoolchains.
• Required: Hardwarebring-upandlabdebuggingusingFPGAdebugandtestequipment.
• Required: ScriptingexperiencewithTcland/orPython.
• Required: Bachelor'sdegreeinElectricalorComputerEngineering.
• Advantage: Machinevision,imagingsystems,camerainterfaces,imageprocessing,embeddedfirmware,orCIworkflows.

What we offer

• Meaningfulworkonreal-worldmachinevisionproducts.
• End-to-endownershipfromspecificationtoshippedproduct.
• Collaborationwithexperiencedmultidisciplinaryengineeringteams.
• Opportunitiestoinfluenceplatformarchitectureandtechnologydirection.
• ExposuretoadvancedFPGA,imaging,andembeddedsystemschallenges.
• ThestabilityandtechnicaldepthofaTeledynebusiness.

What happens next

Applications are reviewed by our recruiting and hiring teams. Selected candidates will complete an initial recruiter discussion followed by interviews with technical and business stakeholders. Timelines vary based on hiring needs.

Teledyne is an equal opportunity employer committed to building innovative technologies through diverse teams and inclusive hiring practices.

Salary Range:

$93,700.00-$124,900.000

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.