Senior FPGA & Sensor Electronics Engineer (PCB/RTL)

apptronik; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to design and build the electronics for Apollo's sensor bridge. You will own subsystems from schematic capture to RTL blocks, partnering with Staff/Principal engineers to define architecture and deliverables.

The role requires hands-on ownership of high-speed mixed-signal PCBA, CSI-2 and 10GbE interfaces, and FPGA RTL development in VHDL/Verilog. You will validate through prototype, bring-up, and production release.

Qualifications

• Experience in FPGA hardware design for time-sensitive, high-performance applications.
• FPGA device selection and architecture definition.
• RTL development in VHDL and/or Verilog.
• High-speed interface design (CSI-2, GMSL/SerDes, Ethernet, PCIe).
• Timing closure, clock-domain crossing, and resource optimization.
• Integration of high-speed transceivers and external PHY devices.
• FPGA tool flows (Vivado, Quartus, or Lattice Radiant) and simulation.

Responsibilities

• Electronics & FPGA Design Execution: Define requirements, select parts, capture schematics, guide layout, and implement RTL for subsystems of a multi-Gbps PCBA; manage prototype to production release; maintain design docs.
• High-Speed & Mixed-Signal Hardware Design: Design/validate high-speed interfaces (CSI-2, GMSL/FPD-Link/PoC, 10GbE); ensure signal integrity, impedance control, length-matching, power sequencing, EMC/ESD/thermal constraints.
• FPGA RTL Development: Develop RTL (VHDL/Verilog) for CSI-2 ingest, Ethernet packetization, and camera synchronization within a defined FPGA architecture; assist with timing closure and cross-domain timing.
• Validation, Bring-Up, and Debugging: Execute validation plans, build test fixtures, use lab equipment to verify latency/bandwidth/synchronization; debug hardware/RTL issues with root-cause analysis.
• Lifecycle Management & Vendor Alignment: Manage PLM, hardware vendors/CMs, drive DFM/DFA and production scaling.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with engineering teams and manufacturing; mentor junior engineers on hardware design and documentation.
• Technical Execution: Deliver work streams, participate in design reviews, provide estimates, and raise risks early.

Skills

FPGA design

RTL development (VHDL/Verilog)

High-speed interfaces (CSI-2, GMSL, 10

Timing closure

EMC/ESD/thermal considerations

FPGA tool flows (Vivado/Quartus)

Vendor collaboration/DFM

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

Lattice Radiant

Job description

Apptronik in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to design and build the electronics for Apollo's sensor bridge. You will own subsystems from schematic capture to RTL blocks, partnering with Staff/Principal engineers to define architecture and deliverables.

The role requires hands-on ownership of high-speed mixed-signal PCBA, CSI-2 and 10GbE interfaces, and FPGA RTL development in VHDL/Verilog. You will validate through prototype, bring-up, and production release.