Staff RTL Engineer

Arbejdstilsynet; Emeryville (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and equity program

HSA medical plan

Employer-paid dental and vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Generous time-off package

Parental leave benefits

Life and AD&D insurance

Job summary

MicroVision, located in Emeryville, California, is seeking a Staff RTL Engineer to design Automotive LiDAR products. This role involves creating FPGA architecture, implementing RTL features, and mentoring junior engineers. Strong knowledge of System Verilog and FPGA design is essential.

The right candidate will contribute to a fast-moving environment, working collaboratively across teams to integrate features into system hardware. Benefits include competitive compensation and flexible work schedules.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in FPGA/RTL design.
• Experience with digital and analog electronics.
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithm fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and test RTL features and components.
• Create FPGA architecture based on system requirements.
• Coach and mentor junior team members.

Skills

System Verilog

Verilog

Python

FPGA design methodologies

FPGA timing

Mapping algorithms

Integration and bringing up features

Configuration management tools

HDL synthesis

Inter-system communication protocols

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Git

Subversion

Jira

Job description

About Us

MicroVision is a global leader in innovative perception solutions, with offices in the U.S. and Germany. The company focuses on developing and supplying integrated lidar hardware and perception software to enhance safety and automation across various industrial applications, including robotics, automated warehouses, agriculture, and autonomous systems. Its core technology, originally designed for the automotive industry, supports advanced driver‑assist systems and autonomous driving and extends to military segment products such as semi‑ and fully autonomous airborne and terrestrial sensor systems. The firm’s solid‑state lidar technologies, including MEMS‑based long‑range lidar and flash‑based short‑range lidar, integrated with onboard perception software, enable safe mobility at high speed.

Job Summary

MicroVision has an immediate opportunity for a Staff RTL Engineer. As a key member of the Digital Design Engineering team, you will collaborate with various technical teams to design and bring to market a defining Automotive LiDAR product. The right candidate will be a highly motivated FPGA/RTL engineer with breadth of understanding in FPGA design and best practices, including detailed design, System Verilog coding, modeling, simulation, verification, integration and test.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Derive FPGA requirements based on system requirements then create FPGA architecture to fulfill those requirements
• Design, implement and test Register‑Transfer Level (RTL) features and components guided by system architecture and requirements
• Own the detailed design of assigned firmware components and subsystem functionality
• Document test and implementation plans at unit and system levels and execute on them
• Work with other teams to integrate developed features into system hardware
• Support bringing up RTL features developed by the team
• Coach and mentor junior members of RTL and integration teams to complete tasks
• Participate in the full software development life cycle (SDLC) flow including peer reviews of requirements, architecture, design, and code implementations within an approved ASPICE development flow

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Knowledge of System Verilog, Verilog, and Python programming languages
• Proficiency in FPGA design methodologies from state machine design to DSP implementation
• Experience closing timing in FPGA designs
• Mapping algorithms to FPGA‑appropriate logic implementations
• Expertise integrating and bringing up features in hardware
• Ability to work well in a fast‑moving and complex environment
• Independently driven to complete project tasks
• Experience with configuration management and change control concepts and tools (Git, Subversion, Jira, etc.)
• Experience working with functional requirements and defining requirement‑based tests
• Experience performing HDL synthesis and simulation (e.g., VCS, Synplify, etc.)
• Experience with design analyses (timing, lint, clock domain crossings, code coverage, etc.) and IP compliance strategies
• Experience designing portable, scalable test benches
• Experience with UVM/OVM – constrained random testing
• Familiarity with hierarchical simulation and verification frameworks
• Experience with inter‑system communication protocols (I2C, UART, SPI, etc.)
• Familiarity with microcontroller peripherals including ADCs, DACs, Flash, EEPROM, timers, and watchdogs
• Working knowledge of data structures and algorithm fundamentals
• Working knowledge of digital and analog electronics

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledgeable of control systems and digital signal processing fundamentals
• Proficient in embedded software systems developed in C/C++
• Hands‑on experience with High‑Level Synthesis (HLS)
• Excellent scripting and automation skills (Bash, Python, Make/CMake, TCL)
• Extensive project experience working on embedded laser applications including LiDAR
• Safety‑critical industry experience (FIT analysis, etc.)
• Working knowledge of various computing architectures beyond FPGAs, such as DSPs, GPUs, or MCUs, and their associated hardware computing platforms used to program them
• Experience with ASIC design and migration from FPGA prototypes to production ASICs

Required Education and Experience

BS in Electrical Engineering or a related field and 7+ years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity program
• Choice between an HSA medical plan or a buy‑up PPO medical plan
• Dental plan 100% employer‑paid for employees
• Vision coverage 100% employer‑paid for employees
• 401(k) plan with company match to help you save for your future (50% of your contributions up to the first 6% of your eligible pay)
• Generous time‑off package including a flexible vacation program, incidental personal/sick days and floating holidays
• Supplemental pay for parental leave
• Company‑paid basic life and AD&D insurance and long‑term disability

MicroVision offers a flexible work schedule that could include a hybrid schedule of onsite and remote work subject to team and business needs. You must live and reside within commuting distance from MicroVision's office in Orlando, FL.

We are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this position. You must be able to work in the US without sponsorship.

MicroVision is committed to an inclusive workplace. MicroVision is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam‑era veteran, or any other basis prohibited by local, state or federal law. Please let us know if you need reasonable accommodation in completing the application, attending and/or participating in an interview or in taking any test required for employment.

MicroVision is an E‑Verify participant. We will provide the Social Security Administration, and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee’s Form I‑9 to confirm work authorization. Please note that we do not use this information to pre‑screen job applicants.

Visit our website at www.microvision.com to learn more about our company.