Senior FPGA Engineer – Real-Time Motion & Vision

Brooks Automation US LLC; Chelmsford (MA); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Company paid holidays

Job summary

Brooks Automation is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead architecture, development and implementation of advanced FPGA-based systems for motion control, machine vision, and distributed automation platforms.

Responsibilities include HDL design, real-time control loops, multi-channel processing, and hardware integration. The role demands 8+ years in FPGA development, strong VHDL/Verilog skills, and experience with Xilinx/Intel families, embedded Linux, and DSP concepts.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Robotics or related field.
• 8+ years FPGA development experience.
• Proficiency with VHDL and Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Experience with one or more FPGA families (Xilinx/Intel/Lattice).
• Experience in real-time FPGA control systems and multi-channel processing.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, development and implementation of FPGA-based systems for motion control, machine vision and distributed automation.
• Develop HDL designs using VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog and create modular FPGA architectures.
• Design real-time control loops, multi-axis synchronization and high-throughput data paths.
• Collaborate with EE, controls, mechanics and software teams; optimize latency and determinism.

Skills

FPGA development

Real-time control

Digital signal processing

Embedded Linux

MATLAB/Simulink

Education

B.S., M.S., or PhD in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

VHDL

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Xilinx/AMD

Intel/Altera

Zynq SoCs

PCIe

Job description

Brooks Automation is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead architecture, development and implementation of advanced FPGA-based systems for motion control, machine vision, and distributed automation platforms.

Responsibilities include HDL design, real-time control loops, multi-channel processing, and hardware integration. The role demands 8+ years in FPGA development, strong VHDL/Verilog skills, and experience with Xilinx/Intel families, embedded Linux, and DSP concepts.