Senior FPGA Engineer – Medical Imaging & AI Acceleration

KARL STORZ North America; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

KARL STORZ North America is seeking an experienced FPGA Design Engineer III to develop next-generation medical video camera systems. You will design, verify, and integrate FPGA-based imaging solutions while guiding architecture across FPGA, embedded processors, GPU/edge computing, and AI-enabled processing.

You will lead architecture improvements, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design quality and regulatory compliance in medical devices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years FPGA design experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 3+ years with a Master's degree.
• Strong experience developing synthesizable Verilog/SystemVerilog HDL.
• Experience creating simulation and verification environments for FPGA designs.
• Advanced troubleshooting skills across FPGA, hardware, and embedded software environments.
• Experience architecting FPGA designs to meet complex system requirements.
• Understanding of FPGA architectures and FPGA development toolchains.
• Experience improving FPGA design methodologies and engineering processes.
• Strong technical writing skills with the ability to create clear requirements, design documentation, and technical analyses.
• Experience leveraging AI-assisted engineering tools to improve development efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, integrate, and verify FPGA-based imaging solutions for advanced medical video camera systems.
• Develop synthesizable Verilog/SystemVerilog HDL code for FPGA implementations.
• Create simulation and verification environments using Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Analyze, decompose, and refine FPGA and system requirements while contributing to overall system architecture.
• Lead FPGA architecture improvements and development process enhancements across engineering teams.
• Evaluate and select FPGA devices and supporting components that meet system performance requirements.
• Troubleshoot FPGA designs and resolve hardware/software integration issues.
• Analyze FPGA resource utilization, power consumption, timing, and overall system performance.
• Utilize approved AI-assisted development tools to improve code quality, verification, documentation, debugging efficiency, and engineering productivity while maintaining compliance with company policies, quality standards, and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, embedded software, systems, and image processing engineers throughout the product development lifecycle.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

FPGA design

Simulation/verification

Troubleshooting

AI-assisted tools

Technical writing

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

FPGA toolchains

Job description

KARL STORZ North America is seeking an experienced FPGA Design Engineer III to develop next-generation medical video camera systems. You will design, verify, and integrate FPGA-based imaging solutions while guiding architecture across FPGA, embedded processors, GPU/edge computing, and AI-enabled processing.

You will lead architecture improvements, optimize performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure design quality and regulatory compliance in medical devices.