Senior FPGA & Digital Design Engineer

GE Healthcare; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

GE HealthCare seeks a Senior FPGA & Digital Design Engineer to architect and develop advanced FPGA-based systems powering MR imaging technologies.

You will lead RTL development, verification, and system integration, collaborating across hardware, software, firmware, ASIC, and systems teams. This role emphasizes hands-on leadership, design verification, and delivering scalable digital platforms for next-gen MR products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• 5 years of FPGA and digital design experience.
• Strong expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Experience with simulation, verification, timing analysis, and timing closure.
• Experience implementing high-speed digital interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204, DDR, LVDS.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA architecture, design, implementation, and verification for advanced MR platforms.
• Develop RTL using VHDL and/or Verilog and drive designs through simulation, timing closure, and hardware validation.
• Design and integrate complex digital systems involving FPGAs, processors, memory, ADCs/DACs, and high-speed serial interfaces.
• Define verification strategies, simulation environments, and reusable testbench infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across programs.
• Support products throughout the full lifecycle from concept to manufacturing and field support.

Skills

FPGA architecture

RTL development

Verification

High-speed interfaces

Mentoring engineers

Digital system troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering (preferred)

Tools

VHDL

Verilog

PCIe

Ethernet

JESD204

DDR

LVDS

Job description

****Job Description Summary****
GE HealthCare is seeking a Senior FPGA & Digital Design Engineer to join our Digital Controls & Mixed Signal Engineering team. In this role, you will architect and develop advanced FPGA-based systems that enable some of the world’s most sophisticated Magnetic Resonance (MR) imaging technologies.

This is a hands-on technical leadership position for engineers who thrive on solving complex digital design challenges. You will work across FPGA architecture, RTL development, verification, high-speed interfaces, digital signal processing, and system integration while collaborating with experts in hardware, software, firmware, ASIC, and systems engineering.

From multi-gigabit data movement and real-time signal processing to scalable digital platform architectures, you will help define the technologies that power future MR products and improve patient care around the world.

Join us in building the technologies that power the future of MR imaging. We’re looking for engineers who thrive on FPGA architecture, high-speed digital systems, verification, and technical problem solving. If you’re passionate about solving complex challenges and want your innovations to improve patient care around the world, you’ll find an environment where your technical expertise can make a meaningful and lasting impact.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA architecture, design, implementation, and verification for advanced MR platforms.
• Develop RTL using VHDL and/or Verilog and drive designs through simulation, timing closure, and hardware validation.
• Design and integrate complex digital systems involving FPGAs, processors, memory, ADCs/DACs, and high-speed serial interfaces.
• Define verification strategies, simulation environments, and reusable testbench infrastructure.
• Debug challenging FPGA, hardware, and system-level issues using simulation and laboratory tools.
• Support architecture, schematic, layout, signal integrity, and hardware design reviews.
• Develop reusable FPGA IP, design standards, and engineering best practices.
• Evaluate emerging FPGA, processor, and semiconductor technologies and influence future platform roadmaps.
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership across multiple programs.
• Support products throughout the full lifecycle from concept and architecture through manufacturing and field support.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5 years of FPGA and digital design experience.
• Strong expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog.
• Experience with simulation, verification, timing analysis, and timing closure.
• Experience implementing high-speed digital interfaces such as PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204, DDR, LVDS, or similar technologies.
• Strong understanding of clocking, CDC, reset architectures, and digital system design fundamentals.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7 years of FPGA development experience.
• Experience with advanced verification methodologies.
• Experience with high-speed transceivers and multi-gigabit serial protocols.
• Experience in medical devices, aerospace, defense, telecommunications, or other regulated industries.
• Experience developing FPGA design frameworks, CI/CD workflows, and verification infrastructure.

Desired Characteristics

• Recognized technical leader in FPGA and digital system design.
• Passionate about engineering excellence and continuous improvement.
• Strong ownership, accountability, and execution mindset.
• Effective mentor and collaborator.
• Comfortable influencing technical direction across teams and programs.
• Curious, innovative, and driven to solve challenging technical problems.

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership -always with unyielding integrity.

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

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We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening.

****Additional Information****

GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare 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.

GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.

Relocation Assistance Provided:No