Senior FPGA & Digital Hardware Engineer

GE HealthCare; Waukesha (WI); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

GE HealthCare in Wisconsin seeks a Senior FPGA & Digital Hardware Engineer to design circuit boards and FPGA-based subsystems for MRI platforms. You will work across board-level digital hardware and programmable logic with opportunities to lead technical projects, mentor engineers, and influence architecture within the Digital Controls & Mixed Signal Engineering team.

This hybrid role requires hands-on RTL work in VHDL/Verilog, board bring-up, testing, and integration with processors, memory,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years in digital hardware, FPGA designs, or both.
• Experience with VHDL/Verilog for FPGA design and debugging.
• Experience with board bring-up, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of clocking, resets, metastability, and timing analysis.
• Experience integrating FPGAs with processors, memory, or data converters.
• Experience with interfaces such as Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, LVDS, SPI, I2C, UART.

Responsibilities

• Design and verify digital boards and FPGA-based subsystems for MRI platforms.
• Develop RTL using VHDL or Verilog and support through simulation and synthesis.
• Design boards with FPGAs, processors, memory, data converters, and interfaces.
• Lead debugging, lab testing, and system integration activities.
• Define interfaces among FPGA, hardware, firmware, software, ASIC, and system components.
• Mentor engineers and share knowledge through reviews and documentation.
• Support signal integrity, power integrity, and manufacturability reviews.

Skills

VHDL/Verilog

FPGA design

Digital hardware

Schematic development

Clocking & timing analysis

Interface integration (Ethernet, PCIe,

Memory/data converters

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Vivado

ModelSim

Schematic capture tools

Job description

Job Description Summary

Join GE HealthCare and help develop the digital electronics behind next-generation Magnetic Resonance imaging systems.

As a Senior FPGA & Digital Hardware Engineer on our Digital Controls & Mixed Signal Engineering team, you will design circuit boards and FPGA-based systems for high-performance data acquisition, control, processing, and communications.

We are seeking a hands-on engineer who enjoys working across board-level digital hardware and programmable logic. Your experience may be stronger in board design or FPGA development. You do not need to be a full-time RTL designer or have experience with every technology listed.

Depending on your experience and interests, this role also offers opportunities to lead technical projects, mentor engineers, influence architecture, and improve engineering practices.

GE Healthcare is a leading global medical technology and digital solutions innovator. Our mission is to improve lives in the moments that matter. Unlock your ambition, turn ideas into world-changing realities, and join an organization where every voice makes a difference, and every difference builds a healthier world.

Essential Responsibilities

• Design and verify digital circuit boards and FPGA-based subsystems for advanced MRI platforms.
• Develop and modify RTL using VHDL or Verilog and support designs through simulation, synthesis, timing closure, and hardware validation.
• Design boards integrating FPGAs, processors, memory, data converters, power supplies, clocks, and communication interfaces.
• Perform component selection, schematic development, design reviews, board bring-up, laboratory testing, debugging, and system integration.
• Define and validate interfaces among FPGA, hardware, firmware, software, ASIC, and system components.
• Debug FPGA, board-level, and system issues using simulation, embedded debug tools, and laboratory equipment.
• Support signal integrity, power integrity, layout, EMC, reliability, and manufacturability reviews.
• Share technical knowledge through design reviews, documentation, collaborative problem solving, and mentoring.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• Five or more years of experience developing digital hardware, FPGA designs, or a combination of both.
• Experience using VHDL or Verilog for FPGA design, modification, integration, or debugging.
• Experience with schematic development, component selection, board bring-up, laboratory testing, and troubleshooting.
• Understanding of synchronous digital design, clocking, resets, metastability, clock-domain crossing, constraints, and timing analysis.
• Experience integrating FPGAs or programmable devices with processors, memory, data converters, or communication interfaces.
• Experience with one or more interfaces such as Ethernet, PCIe, DDR, LVDS, JESD204, SPI, I²C, UART, CAN, or comparable technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience mentoring engineers through design reviews, collaborative debugging, or hands-on technical work.
• Experience with high-speed digital interfaces, memory, data converters, signal integrity, power integrity, or multi-gigabit transceivers.
• Experience with automated FPGA builds, simulation, continuous integration, or hardware testing.
• Experience developing products in medical devices, aerospace, defense, telecommunications, industrial controls, automotive, scientific instrumentation, test and measurement, or similar industries.

Work Model

This hybrid position requires a minimum of three days per week on site in Waukesha. On-site work supports board bring-up, laboratory debugging, hardware validation, system integration, and collaboration with engineering partners.

Note to Applicants

We welcome engineers whose experience is stronger in board-level digital hardware, FPGA development, or a combination of the two. You do not need experience with every FPGA family, interface, or development activity listed.

We value strong engineering fundamentals, technical curiosity, sound judgment, and an honest description of what you have personally designed, integrated, tested, or debugged.

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.

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