Senior Research And Development Engineer

Senior R&D Engineer – Electrical & FPGA Design

Location: San Diego, CA

Employment Type: Full-Time | Onsite (5 days/week)

Base Salary: $140,000–$180,000 annually

About the Opportunity

We are partnering with an innovative medical technology company developing next-generation implantable electronics and brain-computer interface systems.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior R&D Electrical Engineer with deep expertise in FPGA development, mixed-signal electronics, and low-power hardware design.

This is a hands-on engineering opportunity to lead the electrical and programmable-logic development of advanced implantable systems, from architecture and prototyping through verification and production readiness.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement FPGA logic using VHDL or SystemVerilog for low-power, high-reliability electronic systems.
• Develop supervisory logic, power sequencing, watchdogs, fault detection, redundant monitoring, and fail-safe mechanisms.
• Design high-speed serial communication interfaces, including LVDS, SPI, synchronization, clocking, and error detection.
• Lead mixed-signal electrical architecture, schematic design, component selection, and custom silicon integration.
• Develop and optimize inductive wireless charging systems, resonant circuits, and low-power electronics.
• Design and review high-density PCB and rigid-flex assemblies using Altium Designer.
• Conduct FPGA verification, timing closure, clock-domain crossing analysis, simulation, and hardware bring-up.
• Define and execute electrical verification protocols, reliability testing, and failure analysis.
• Collaborate with ASIC, firmware, mechanical, and systems engineering teams.
• Support medical device design controls, risk management, and regulatory documentation.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of mixed-signal hardware design experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on FPGA development using VHDL or SystemVerilog.
• Strong knowledge of FPGA architecture, RTL design, simulation, timing closure, and clock-domain crossing.
• Experience with high-speed serial interfaces, including LVDS/CML, SPI, and digital communication protocols.
• Experience designing safety-critical or fault-tolerant electronic systems.
• Hands-on experience with inductive power transfer, wireless charging, or equivalent resonant/magnetics design.
• Proficiency in Altium Designer, PCB design, and SPICE-class simulation.
• Experience integrating and debugging embedded electronics and firmware.
• Experience taking hardware from prototype through design verification and production.

Preferred Qualifications

• Implantable medical device or neurotechnology experience.
• Experience with ASIC/FPGA integration.
• Low-power electronics, RF telemetry, or wireless communication systems.
• Familiarity with ISO 14971, IEC 60601, IEC 62304, or ISO 14708.
• Experience developing miniaturized, high-reliability electronic systems.

Compensation

Competitive base salary of $140,000–$180,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

If you are passionate about advanced electronics, FPGA engineering, and developing technologies with meaningful real-world impact, we would love to connect.

Note: Only candidates that are authorized to work in USA without any restrictions will be considered at this time.