Senior Electrical Engineer — VETi Platform

Kodiak Sciences; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Restaurant bonus

Job summary

Kodiak Sciences seeks an experienced electrical engineer to design, validate, and bring up analog and digital electronics for wearable imaging systems. You will architect computing platforms with FPGA/CPU/NPU/GPU to support high-speed signal processing and AI inference.

Role involves motion-control hardware with real-time feedback, Verilog/SystemVerilog FPGA design, and high-speed interfaces such as PCIe, DDR4, and USB-C.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional electrical engineering experience developing complex systems.
• Strong analog and digital circuit design with schematic capture and PCB layout proficiency.
• Strong FPGA design experience in Verilog/SystemVerilog; RTL development, simulation, synthesis, timingClosure.
• Experience designing high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen4, DDR4 SDRAM, USB-C).
• Ability to collaborate across hardware, software, scientific, and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own design, development, and validation of analog and digital electronics for wearable imaging and sensing systems from prototype to production.
• Architect advanced computing platforms based on FPGA/CPU/NPU/GPU for high-speed signal and AI processing.
• Develop motion-control hardware with real-time, closed-loop feedback for actuators and robotics.
• Develop Verilog/SystemVerilog designs for FPGAs supporting real-time signal processing and AI inference.
• Design high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen4, DDR4, USB-C), including SI/power integrity and EMC analysis.
• Bring up new boards and debug hardware, FPGA, and system-level issues across the stack.
• Collaborate with optics, mechanical, firmware, software, and systems engineering teams.

Skills

Analog & Digital Circuit Design

FPGA Design

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Schematic Capture

PCB Layout

Lab Debugging Tools

Signal Integrity/Power Integrity

EMC Analysis

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

B.S./M.S./Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium

Cadence

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

Oscilloscopes/Logic Analyzers/Protocol Analyzers

Job description

What You Will Do

• Own the design, development, and validation of analog and digital electronics for wearable imaging and sensing systems — from prototype through production.
• Architect advanced computing platforms based on FPGA, CPU, NPU, and GPU subsystems for high-speed signal and AI processing.
• Develop motion-control hardware with real-time, closed-loop feedback for actuator and robotics applications.
• Develop Verilog or SystemVerilog designs for FPGAs supporting real-time signal processing and AI inference.
• Design high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen4, DDR4 SDRAM, USB-C, high-speed ADC/DAC), including signal integrity, power integrity, and EMC analysis.
• Bring up new boards and debug hardware, FPGA, and system-level issues across the stack.
• Collaborate with optics, mechanical, firmware, software, and systems engineering teams.

Education / Qualifications

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional electrical engineering experience developing complex systems.
• Strong analog and digital circuit design experience, with proficiency in schematic capture and PCB layout tools (Altium, Cadence, or similar) and lab debugging instruments (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers).
• Strong FPGA design experience in Verilog or SystemVerilog, including RTL development, simulation, synthesis, and timing closure on Xilinx/AMD or Intel/Altera platforms.
• Experience designing high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen4, DDR4 SDRAM, USB-C, high-speed ADC/DAC).
• Ability to collaborate across hardware, software, scientific, and engineering teams.

Additional Experience That Would Be Valuable

• Experience with edge AI hardware (NPU/GPU/DSP integration or AI inference accelerators).
• Experience with imaging sensors, LiDAR, OCT, MEMS, or other optical sensors.
• Experience with low-power design for wearable or battery-powered systems.
• Experience taking electronics from prototype through DFM/DFT to mass production.
• Familiarity with regulated medical-device hardware development (IEC 60601, ISO 13485, FDA), or willingness to learn.

Why Join Kodiak

This role is for engineers who want their designs to drive real-world physical systems — optics, sensors, and embedded computing — and shape the hardware itself. You will work at the intersection of software, hardware, medical imaging, optics, AR/VR, LiDAR, OCT, and AI. The platform is novel, the technical challenges are deep, and the work has the potential to shape a new class of wearable vision technologies.