Senior Lead FPGA Engineer, E&E Design (Advanced Technology Solutions)

Celestica; Penang; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica is seeking a Senior Lead FPGA Engineer to drive architecture, design, and optimization of advanced FPGA solutions across HealthTech, Industrial, Smart Energy, Aerospace and Capital Equipment sectors. You will lead cross-functional teams, work with customers, and ensure solutions meet stringent industry standards.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, project management, and collaboration with manufacturing partners to ensure timely delivery and high quality across the product

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic engineering.
• 5–10 years of direct product design experience in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• Fluent in English with ability to work with an international team.
• Willingness to travel for business.
• Experience with FPGA design tools and HDL languages (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog).

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA architecture, design and implementation for multiple market segments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, suppliers and customers to deliver world class products.
• Lead product realization from concept to manufacturing transition.
• Develop technical proposals and estimate labor and material costs.
• Ensure design-for-manufacturing and quality throughout lifecycle.

Skills

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Communication

HDL design

Education

Bachelor or Master in Electrical/Electronic Eng

PhD candidates considered

Tools

OrCAD

Cadence (Concept/Allegro)

Altium Designer

Vivado

Modelsim

Job description

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Senior Lead FPGA Engineer, E&E Design (Advanced Technology Solutions)

We are seeking a talented and motivated individual to join our dynamic and growing organization to deliver products that leave a positive impact to the world.

The Senior Lead Engineer will contribute to the architecture, design, and optimization of innovative solutions for the HealthTech, Industrial, Smart Energy, Aerospace and Capital Equipment segments.

In this role, the Senior Lead Engineer will play a pivotal role with cross functional engineering teams, project leadership and customers to ensure solutions meet the highest industry standards.

Our organization is built on a culture that prioritizes continuous learning and people development. The Senior Lead Engineer will have the opportunity to grow within this environment, leveraging an extensive global network of expertise.

Job Responsibilities:

Product Design and Development

Leads the FPGA architecture, design and implementation of technical solutions in multiple market segments that meet customer and regulatory requirements.

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, suppliers, and customers to develop world class products in highly regulated markets.

Familiar with HDL / IP development processes & workflows to realize an FPGA solution on a product/system level.

With the relevant technical competencies, lead and execute product realization from conceptual stages all the way thru manufacturing transition.

Able to support the development of technical proposals for customers, providing technical solutions to realize concepts and estimating associated labor and material costs required.

Recognized subject matter expert for one or more technical areas. See Technical Competencies section.

Continuous Learning and Innovation

Always staying abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, regulations and best practices to contribute to the advancement of design best practices, procedures, quality, efficiency or the acquisition of new capabilities within the organization.

Passionate about solving complex issues and innovating under tight project requirements.

Design for Manufacturing & Quality Assurance

Products that are not manufacturable will not benefit our customers and more importantly the end user. This role requires collaboration with manufacturing partners to ensure seamless production and timely delivery.

Able to identify and evaluate materials/components and manufacturing processes that align with product requirements and are cost-effective to implement.

Proficient in product development life cycle processes and compliance to product quality standards.

Technical Leadership

Demonstrate “People & Team Leadership Behaviors” as per Celestica Leadership Imperatives. (Value Customers, Grow Talent, Drive Decisions, Build Partnerships, Develop Strategies).

Project Management (technical leadership context)

Ability to manage/lead complex engineering projects in-discipline and also on a cross-functional level. Demonstrate solid understanding of the technical, financial and people aspects of the project.

Able to create a project/change management plan and ensure the project is delivered within the assigned time and budget. Ability to recognize project barriers and develop mitigation plans.

Right-the-First Time Lean and Quality mindset.

The following competencies are fundamental for this role: Coaching/Mentoring; Communication/Negotiation/Presentation; Creative Problem Solving (8D/Corrective Actions), Customer/Stakeholder Management; Quality & Lean, D/PFMEA, Design of Experiments (DOE).

Experience working with AMD / Xilinx FPGA, Altera FPGA, Lattice CPLD/FPGA design tools (eg. ISE, Vivado, Quartus, Modelsim, & etc.).

In depth knowledge with HDL & logic design such as VHDL, Verilog, and System Verilog.

Good experience in handling CDC and timing closure.

Familiar with various high-speed interfaces / protocols such as PCIe, Ethernet, USB, DDR, LVDS, SERDES, etc. and low speed interfaces such as SPI, I2C, UART, etc.

Experience in the following is an added advantage:

Board level controller circuit design that covers CPU / MPU / MCU / FPGA / GPU

SI & PI simulation and validation

Proficient with schematic & layout design tools (OrCAD, Cadence Concept/Allegro, Altium Designer)

Job Requirements:

Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical/Electronic engineering or equivalent.

Minimum 5-10 years of direct working experience in product design within a multi-disciplinary environment, having completed multiple product development cycles.

PHD applicants with a lesser amount of years in industry experience will be considered.

Fluent in both written and spoken English, ability to work with an international team.

Good team work attitude, collaboration and communication skills.

Business travel possible (including overseas travel).