FPGA Engineer

Principal FPGA Engineer - Medical Diagnostics

X4 Life Sciences are partnered with an innovative medical diagnostics company seeking a Principal FPGA Engineer to provide technical leadership in the development and sustainment of next-generation diagnostic systems.

This is a high-impact senior role where you will lead FPGA architecture, HDL development, verification, integration, and system-level design within a regulated medical device environment, while also driving process maturity and cross-functional alignment across hardware and software teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead FPGA architecture definition, HDL design, verification, validation, and release activities
• Own FPGA integration within hardware and embedded software system architectures
• Serve as a technical authority across hardware, software, and systems engineering teams
• Perform complex technical trade-off analyses and drive engineering decisions
• Support system-level debugging, troubleshooting, and product release activities
• Lead and mentor engineers while influencing technical direction across projects
• Support CAPA, complaint investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Drive improvements in FPGA/firmware development processes and engineering workflows
• Ensure disciplined documentation and predictable execution of engineering work
• Identify and mitigate engineering risks, especially in sustaining/obsolescence programs

Key Requirements:

• Strong FPGA technical background is essential
• Extensive experience in regulated environments (IVD medical device experience strongly preferred)
• Proven ability to work within regulated release processes
• Ability to understand, own, and improve modern software/firmware processes
• Experience collaborating with software teams is important, as the FPGA work sits in the hardware group but interfaces closely with software.
• Strong documentation skills (design specs, code documentation, interface definitions, handover materials)
• Ability to manage risk in engineering changes, especially in sustaining engineering and obsolescence programs
• Organized, process-driven, and able to plan, execute, and document work in a predictable way

Preferred Skills & Tools:

• Vivado
• Xilinx / AMD FPGA platforms
• Artix-7

Key Skills:

• FPGA Architecture & Design Leadership
• HDL Development (VHDL/Verilog)
• Regulated Product Development
• Firmware & Software Process Improvement
• System Integration & Debugging
• Risk Management in Sustaining Engineering
• Technical Documentation & Specifications
• Cross-functional Collaboration (Hardware & Software)
• Technical Leadership & Mentoring

If you are interested, or know someone who is, please reach out to [email protected]