Senior/Staff Hardware Digital Engineer (HDL)

NI Malaysia Sdn Bhd; Penang; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Penang is looking for a Senior/Staff Hardware Digital Engineer to design next-generation NI PXI instruments. Responsibilities include developing hardware features, performing FPGA and CPLD development, and ensuring product validation and verification. Candidates should have significant experience in VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog design and a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering. Malaysian citizenship or work permit eligibility is mandatory.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog design experience for Senior level.
• Minimum 2 years of VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog design experience for Staff level.
• Malaysian citizenship or ability to secure work permit is required.

Responsibilities

• Develop hardware features based on product management requirements.
• Perform FPGA and CPLD development.
• Conduct technology research, product validation, verification, and debugging.
• Resolve system-level issues.

Skills

VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog design experience

FPGA and CPLD development

Circuit design

Debugging skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering

Tools

Test automation expertise

Job description

Senior/Staff Hardware Digital Engineer (HDL)

You will be a member of NI Product R&D Team, essential to design the next generation of cutting‑edge NI PXI modularized high speed, mixed signal and high precision I/O test instrument, supporting a wide range of test applications critical to complete NI test system offerings in EV, ADAS, Aerospace, Semiconductor and Electronics.

You will be involved throughout the product development from path‑finding research phase to post‑product release, working closely with product architects, project managers, technical leads, and engineers of various expertise to craft and implement the designs. This position involves a wide range of engineering activities such as high‑speed subsystem design, design simulation, design validation and verification, debugging circuit and system‑level problems.

Responsibilities

• Develop hardware features based on requirement from product management.
• FPGA and CPLD development.
• Technology research, product bring‑up, validation, verification and debugging to enable successful product launch.
• Debugging and resolving system‑level issues.
• Work with board level designer on circuit design, schematics capture, layout review, simulation and signal integrity analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering (required).
• Minimum 5 years of VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog design experience for Senior level.
• Minimum 2 years of VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog design experience for Staff level.

Preferred Qualifications

• Passionate about continuous learning and working with analog, digital, and other computer technologies.
• HDL IP design with FPGA.
• Proficient in VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog development.
• Experience in testbench development (plus).
• Test automation expertise with scripting/programming language.
• Board level design experience (plus).

Legal & Work Eligibility

• Malaysian citizenship, Permanent Residency, or ability to secure the appropriate work permit is required to work in this position at NI Penang.
• U.S. Customs Law forbids the export of certain technologies to certain countries. Accordingly, National Instruments cannot hire candidates whose current country of citizenship or permanent residence are Cuba, Sudan, North Korea, Iran, or Syria, as it would require access to such technology.