Senior Electrical Engineer, Wearable Vision 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

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.