Principal Engineer - FPGA

Baker Hughes Gruppe; Town of Skaneateles (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Retirement plan

Job summary

Baker Hughes Waygate Technologies in Skaneateles, NY seeks an experienced R&D Electrical Engineer specializing in Hardware & FPGA to develop and test advanced handheld remote visual inspection hardware.

You will optimize FPGA designs, develop PCB architectures with Altium, and contribute to Linux driver development for FPGA IP in a Xilinx Petalinux environment. Pleasant collaboration across HW/SW/Mech teams enables high‑quality, testable products for critical customers.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 4+ years of professional experience.
• Experience with FPGA programming in VHDL and Verilog.
• Circuit design and test experience, preferably in low-noise/high-bandwidth hardware.
• Domestic relocation to US is possible.

Responsibilities

• Optimize FPGA designs within resource and timing constraints.
• Design and develop electrical systems for high‑quality borescopes.
• Create electrical architectures and PCB designs using Altium.
• Run cross‑functional HW/SW/Mech experiments to de-risk designs.
• Execute electronic manufacturing tests to ensure quality.
• Document products and data per engineering policies.
• Collaborate in project teams, troubleshoot, validate, test, and report.
• Mentor junior engineers as appropriate.
• Support production in real‑time hardware issue resolution.

Skills

FPGA programming (VHDL/Verilog)

Embedded hardware design

Low-noise/high-bandwidth electronics

Linux drivers for FPGA IP

Test automation/validation

Education

B.S./M.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Xilinx Petalinux

Job description

R&D Electrical Engineer- Hardware & FPGA

Are you passionate about Hardware Engineering?

Do you enjoy being part of a Successful Team?

Join our Waygate Team

The Waygate Technologies site in Skaneateles, NY specializes in Remote Visual Inspection equipment, with our industrial borescope leading the world with our measurement capability. A typical application would use our borescopes to peer inside the combustion chamber of a jet engine to locate and measure a dent, crack, or other defect to within several thousandths of an inch! Everything is located right in Skaneateles, NY, from R&D, manufacturing, software development, and repair leading to constant collaboration between teams.

Partner with the best

As a R&D Electrical Engineer- Hardware & FPGA, you will help our team develop and test advanced hand‑held remote visual inspection (RVI) hardware. Depending on your skills, you will be assisting in various aspects of the team’s work, including design and development of embedded software for control and visualization via a combination of digital signal processors (DSP’s), x86/x64 multicore CPU’s, and current, generation graphics processing units (GPU’s), with an emphasis on design for testability and validation automation.

As a R&D Electrical Engineer- Hardware & FPGA you will be responsible for:

• Optimizing designs within FPGA resource constraints, resolving timing issues, documenting FPGA design and build / deploy processes. Desired experience would include developing Linux drivers for FPGA IP in a Xilinx petalinux environment

• Design and develop the electrical systems for our world-class video borescopes.


• Develop electrical architectures and detailed electrical designs, mainly through circuit board design in the Altium toolset. The primary design challenges are low noise, high bandwidth circuitry, lowest reasonable power, wired and wireless connectivity, digital signal processing, and other typical battery-operated system paradigms. We also develop robust designs for the exclusive use of our factories.


• Devise and execute cross‑functional (HW, SW, Mechanical) experiments to alleviate high‑risk portions of designs, thereby enabling programs to launch on time.


• Develop and execute electronic manufacturing tests to ensure a high‑quality product delivery to our mission‑critical customer base.


• Document products and technical data generated consistent with engineering policies and procedures.


• As a part of a project team on execute activities including troubleshooting, validation, testing, experimentation, and test reporting.


• Mentor junior engineers (dependent on experience level)


• Work with production engineering and production associate's in real‑time resolution of hardware issues.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related engineering degree from an accredited college or university


• 4+ years of applicable, professional experience


• Experience in FPGA Programming in VHDL and Verilog


• Experience in Electronic Circuit Design and Test preferred


• Domestic (US) Relocation available to out of state candidates

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• The position requires individuals to be on-site so they can work with the various design and development teams along with supporting the manufacturing operations.


• Working hours are Monday-Friday, 8AM-5PM

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well‑being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work‑life balance policies and wellbeing activities


• Comprehensive private medical care options


• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs


• Tailored financial programs


• Education Assistance


• Generous Parental Leave


• Mental Health resources


• Dependent Care


• Additional elected or voluntary benefit

The annual pay scale for this position is $98K-$182K USD if employed in New York

The annual pay scale for this position is between $84,900.00 - $157,600.00.

Candidates for this role (office-based/ hybrid/ remote) must be located in or near the locations displayed above. The pay range/scale displayed above represents Baker Hughes’ good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum for this position at the time of this posting and applies to the possible locations for this position. Baker Hughes will issue a non-bias competitive offer; the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hires, full-time salaries in some U.S. locations, not including equity or benefits. Where an applicant will ultimately fall within the pay range/scale depends on a variety of factors, including, for example, geographic work location, skillset, qualifications, internal pay alignment, level of experience, and demonstrated performance over time. Please keep in mind that the range stated above is the full base salary range for the role and does not include other forms of compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the pay range for this position during the hiring process.

You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.

This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.

About Us

We are an energy technology company that provides solutions to energy and industrial customers worldwide. Built on a century of experience and conducting business in over 120 countries, our innovative technologies and services are taking energy forward – making it safer, cleaner and more efficient for people and the planet.

Join Us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company that values innovation and progress? Join us and become part of a team of people who will challenge and inspire you! Let’s come together and take energy forward.

Baker Hughes Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.