Staff FPGA & Embedded Systems Engineer (Real-Time Data)

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks a hands-on Staff FPGA and Embedded Software Engineer to own FPGA firmware and embedded software for flow cytometry instruments.

The role prioritizes sustaining legacy FPGA code and developing reliable real-time acquisition and control. You will collaborate with systems, optics, electrical engineers, instrument software, manufacturing, service, and external board-design partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field with 8+ years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated production FPGA firmware experience using Verilog/SystemVerilog across lifecycle from requirements to sustaining.
• Working knowledge of embedded OS concepts and development in embedded Linux, RTOS, or bare-metal environments.
• Experience with hardware/software interfaces and common protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART, Ethernet.
• Experience with ADC interfaces, high-throughput data, real-time DSP, and data transfer reliability.
• Strong knowledge of digital logic design, clock-domain crossing, timing simulation, and timing closure.
• Ability to read schematics, define board-interface requirements, and support bring-up.

Responsibilities

• Sustain, debug, document, and extend production FPGA codebases written in Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Design and implement high-throughput FPGA data acquisition pipelines from ADC interfaces through filtering, triggering, buffering, and host interfaces.
• Integrate FPGA firmware with embedded processors and environments (embedded Linux, RTOS, bare-metal).
• Implement and troubleshoot common interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, Ethernet).
• Develop verification strategies and automated testbenches.
• Define FPGA and embedded-software requirements, data formats, and board-interface specs; review schematics and layouts.
• Support board bring-up and subsystem validation using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, JTAG, and software diagnostics.
• Assist manufacturing, service, and quality teams with root-cause investigations and firmware/software releases.
• Own technical planning, estimates, risks, and communication while applying RUO constraints.

Skills

FPGA

Verilog

SystemVerilog

Embedded Linux

RTOS

I2C

SPI

UART

Ethernet

DSP

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Master's degree (optional)

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

Job description

LIFE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS PTE. LTD. in Singapore seeks a hands-on Staff FPGA and Embedded Software Engineer to own FPGA firmware and embedded software for flow cytometry instruments.

The role prioritizes sustaining legacy FPGA code and developing reliable real-time acquisition and control. You will collaborate with systems, optics, electrical engineers, instrument software, manufacturing, service, and external board-design partners.