Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware & FPGA Design (US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED)

FLIR Systems, Inc.; Wilsonville (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne FLIR Defense seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to design and verify advanced digital hardware and FPGA-based systems for next-generation imaging and sensing platforms. You will work on multi-processor and embedded hardware, collaborating with software, mechanical, and systems teams to bring hardware concepts to production.

The role requires a strong background in FPGA devices, high-speed digital design, and PCB development, with emphasis on reliability and manufacturability for

Qualifications

• Higher-level degree preferred with strong fundamentals in digital electronics.
• Proven experience with FPGA-based hardware platforms and SoCs.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces and signal integrity.

Responsibilities

• Define hardware architectures and translate requirements into PCB level designs.
• Develop, verify, and bring up FPGA-based hardware and embedded platforms.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across Software, Mechanical, and Systems.
• Support design-for-manufacturing, testing, and production readiness.

Skills

FPGA design

High-speed digital

Embedded electronics

PCB design

Schematic capture

Signal integrity

Power integrity

Altium Designer

Verilog/VHDL

C/C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

5-10+ years of digital hardware or PCB design experience

Tools

AMD/Xilinx FPGA tools

Altium Designer

Job description

## Senior Electrical Engineer – Digital Hardware & FPGA DesignApplylocations: US - Wilsonville, ORtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Yesterdayjob requisition id: REQ34629**Be visionary**Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.**Job Description****Job Summary:**We are seeking a self-motivated Senior Electrical Engineer who will work as a hands-on individual contributor and is eager to expand their technical knowledge while developing complex digital hardware systems. In this role, you will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams designing, developing, integrating, and verifying advanced digital hardware, PCB assemblies, and embedded electronics for sophisticated imaging and sensing systems. You will contribute to the development of next-generation thermal imaging and surveillance products used in demanding defense and security applications. These applications include multi-processor and FPGA-based systems, image-processing hardware, battery-powered and low-power electronics, embedded hardware platforms, and other advanced digital electronics technologies. This position provides the opportunity to take hardware designs from concept through production while collaborating with Software, Mechanical, Systems, FPGA, and Manufacturing Engineering teams in a highly technical product development environment.**Job Duties & Responsibilities:*** Work closely with Product Management and Business Development to help define new products and technology roadmaps.* Translate project and system requirements into well-defined hardware architectures, digital hardware designs, and board-level implementations.* Design and develop complex printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies incorporating embedded processors, FPGA devices, memory architectures, and high-speed digital interfaces.* Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Software, Mechanical, Systems, FPGA, Test, and Manufacturing Engineering.* Perform schematic capture, support PCB layout reviews, and ensure designs meet performance, manufacturability, and reliability requirements.* Perform hands-on bring-up, integration, debug, validation, and testing of prototype and production hardware.* Conduct root cause analysis and troubleshoot hardware issues in laboratory environments.* Support signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC, and design-for-manufacturing activities throughout product development.* Create and maintain technical documentation, design specifications, test procedures, and manufacturing release packages.* Support new product introduction and transition into production.* Solve complex technical problems with limited direction, contribute to requirements development, evaluate tradeoffs, and propose effective technical solutions.* Lead technical tasks involving multiple cross-functional stakeholders and effectively communicate status, risks, and recommendations to project leadership and customers.* Support continuous improvement initiatives related to hardware design processes, product reliability, and engineering best practices.**Job Qualifications:*** Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field strongly preferred.* 5-10+ years of experience in digital hardware design, embedded electronics, or PCB design and development.* Strong experience designing high-speed digital circuit boards and complex hardware systems.* Experience with embedded processors, memory architectures, and high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR3/DDR4, Ethernet, 1553, SERDES, Aurora, UART, MIPI, or similar technologies.* Experience designing FPGA-based hardware platforms utilizing AMD/Xilinx device families including Artix, Kintex, UltraScale, Zynq 7000, and Zynq MPSoC architectures.* Experience with hardware architecture development, schematic capture, PCB layout review, and product development activities.* Thorough understanding of digital electronics, high-speed digital design, and embedded hardware design principles.* Knowledge of signal integrity, power integrity, EMI/EMC, and board-level design best practices.* Experience integrating, debugging, and validating hardware systems in laboratory environments.* Ability to write detailed technical specifications and engineering documentation.* Experience with Altium Designer schematic and PCB layout tools preferred.* Experience with AMD/Xilinx FPGA and SoC development tools is a plus.* Experience with thermal imaging, EO/IR systems, image-processing hardware, defense electronics, or related sensing technologies is a plus.* Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.* Ability to manage multiple priorities and work effectively in a collaborative engineering environment.* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.***About Teledyne FLIR Defense****Join Teledyne FLIR Defense, where we're dedicated to supporting critical missions with an exciting range of cutting-edge technologies. Our products include advanced surveillance sensors, unmanned air and ground vehicles, sensing devices used to detect chemicals, biological agents, radiation and explosives, and a host of other solutions that help warfighters, first responders, and search-and-rescue teams do their jobs better.**We're looking for passionate innovators eager to shape the future of the Defense and Public Safety industries. If you’re mission-driven to globally collaborate on solutions that can change the battlefield and save lives, we invite you to explore our current opportunities.**#AnyThreatAnywhere*Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.