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 o.archer@x4lifesciences.com
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