FPGA Imaging Engineer III - Medical Video Systems

Karl Storz Endoscopy; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

KARL STORZ is seeking an experienced FPGA Design Engineer III to join our imaging systems team in Goleta, CA. You will design, verify, and integrate FPGA-based medical camera solutions, contribute to system architecture, and lead development methodologies across FPGA, embedded processors, GPU/edge computing, and AI-enabled image processing.

Collaborate with hardware, software, and image processing engineers, manage device selection, troubleshoot integration issues, and drive performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years FPGA design with Bachelor's, 3+ years with Master's.
• Strong experience in synthesizable Verilog/SystemVerilog HDL.
• Experience creating simulation and verification environments for FPGA designs.
• Advanced troubleshooting across FPGA, hardware, and embedded software environments.
• Experience architecting FPGA designs to meet complex system requirements.
• Understanding of FPGA architectures and FPGA development toolchains.
• Experience improving FPGA design methodologies and engineering processes.
• Strong technical writing skills with the ability to create clear requirements, design documentation, and technical analyses.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, integrate, and verify FPGA-based imaging solutions for advanced medical video camera systems.
• Develop synthesizable Verilog/SystemVerilog HDL code for FPGA implementations.
• Create simulation and verification environments using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Analyze, decompose, and refine FPGA and system requirements while contributing to overall system architecture.
• Lead FPGA architecture improvements and development process enhancements across engineering teams.
• Evaluate and select FPGA devices and supporting components that meet system performance requirements.
• Troubleshoot FPGA designs and resolve hardware/software integration issues.
• Analyze FPGA resource utilization, power consumption, timing, and overall system performance.
• Utilize approved AI-assisted development tools to improve code quality, verification, documentation, debugging efficiency, and engineering productivity while maintaining compliance with company policies, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, embedded software, systems, and image processing engineers throughout the product development lifecycle.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

FPGA design

Simulation environments

FPGA architecture

AI-assisted tools

Technical writing

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Power/timing analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

AMD Versal AI Engines

NVIDIA Jetson/Orin

Job description

KARL STORZ is seeking an experienced FPGA Design Engineer III to join our imaging systems team in Goleta, CA. You will design, verify, and integrate FPGA-based medical camera solutions, contribute to system architecture, and lead development methodologies across FPGA, embedded processors, GPU/edge computing, and AI-enabled image processing.

Collaborate with hardware, software, and image processing engineers, manage device selection, troubleshoot integration issues, and drive performance