Senior FPGA & Implantable Electronics Engineer

BioTalent; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

BioTalent is seeking a Senior FPGA & Electrical Engineer to own the electrical and programmable-logic design of a next-generation implantable device from concept to verification. You will architect HDL for a low-power FPGA, define power and safety monitoring, and drive the hardware architecture including inductive charging and RF telemetry.

You will lead FPGA verification, collaborate with firmware and manufacturing teams, and ensure conformance to IEC 60601-1, IEC 62304, and ISO 14708.

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years in mixed-signal hardware design for miniaturized, high-reliability electronic systems.
• 5+ years of hands-on FPGA development on low-power families, including timing closure, clock-domain crossing, and simulation-based verification.
• Serial interface design experience: LVDS/CML signaling, source-synchronous or CDR schemes, framing and error detection, SPI/I2C, register maps.
• Design of safety-relevant or fault-tolerant digital systems.
• Hands-on inductive power transfer or resonant/magnetics design.
• High-density PCB and flex design in Altium; SPICE and signal-integrity analysis.
• Ability to read, debug, and review embedded C firmware.
• Experience taking electronic subsystems from prototype through design verification into production.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop synthesizable HDL for a low-power FPGA serving as the implant’s health, status, control, and communications controller.
• Implement supervisory functions: power sequencing, voltage/current/temperature monitoring, watchdogs, fault detection, and safe-state transitions.
• Define and implement the implant side of a high-speed serial link to distributed sensing electronics, proven in FPGA emulation with silicon partners ahead of hardware.
• Design fault-tolerant control and monitoring logic, including redundant monitors, independent shutdown paths, and fail-safe defaults; lead FMEA and fault-tree analysis per ISO 14971.
• Own the implant’s electrical architecture, including custom silicon integration, inductive charging, RF telemetry, and power budgeting.
• Lead miniaturized PCB and flex-rigid design in Altium.
• Define and execute electrical and FPGA verification plans within design controls (IEC 60601-1, IEC 62304, ISO 14708).
• Review and debug firmware and test software alongside the firmware team; support design transfer to contract manufacturers.

Skills

HDL design

FPGA development

Mixed-signal hardware

Embedded C knowledge

Serial interfaces

Fault-tolerant digital systems

Inductive power transfer

Altium PCB design

Signal integrity analysis

Verification planning

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

SPICE

HFSS

CST

COMSOL

Job description

BioTalent is seeking a Senior FPGA & Electrical Engineer to own the electrical and programmable-logic design of a next-generation implantable device from concept to verification. You will architect HDL for a low-power FPGA, define power and safety monitoring, and drive the hardware architecture including inductive charging and RF telemetry.

You will lead FPGA verification, collaborate with firmware and manufacturing teams, and ensure conformance to IEC 60601-1, IEC 62304, and ISO 14708.