Senior Embedded Firmware & FPGA Systems Architect

Becton Dickinson NA; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 169,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

Waters is seeking a technically strong engineer to drive embedded firmware and FPGA development on ARM-based instrumentation platforms in Milpitas, CA. You will own end-to-end system architecture, balancing on-board FPGA logic, ARM SoC firmware, and off-board compute, while building Linux BSPs and drivers.

You will design RTL for FPGA, optimize data-paths across memory, DMA, and high-speed I/O, and collaborate with a global team to deliver complex instrumentation systems for high-throughput

Qualifications

• BS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field required; MS preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in embedded firmware and FPGA development, including technical leadership roles.
• Proficiency in Verilog, VHDL, or SystemVerilog; experience authoring RTL for FPGA, development of simulation testbenches, and timing closure tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical direction and architectural guidance for embedded firmware and FPGA development across multiple product lines.
• Own the development and architecture of embedded firmware and programmable logic for complex instrumentation systems.
• Define architecture, balancing on-board ARM SoC/DSP/FPGA and off-board compute.
• Develop Linux BSP components, kernel configuration, boot loaders, HALs and device drivers.
• Build embedded services in C/C++ and develop Python-based automation for testing, validation and workflows.
• Collaborate with a distributed global team to deliver on goals.

Skills

Embedded firmware

FPGA development

ARM SoC

Verilog/VHDL/SystemVerilog

Xilinx Vivado/Intel Quartus

Linux kernel/Drivers

Python/C/C++

DMA/PCIe interfaces

ModelSim/VCS

Communication across teams

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / CS

MS preferred

Tools

Verilog

VHDL

SystemVerilog

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

ModelSim

VCS

Python

C/C++

Job description

Waters is seeking a technically strong engineer to drive embedded firmware and FPGA development on ARM-based instrumentation platforms in Milpitas, CA. You will own end-to-end system architecture, balancing on-board FPGA logic, ARM SoC firmware, and off-board compute, while building Linux BSPs and drivers.

You will design RTL for FPGA, optimize data-paths across memory, DMA, and high-speed I/O, and collaborate with a global team to deliver complex instrumentation systems for high-throughput