6 days ago
Erlangen, GermanySenior
Responsibilities
- Develop FPGA firmware architecture, requirements, and technical designs for ophthalmic surgical systems.
- Design and implement FPGA firmware using VHDL and/or SystemVerilog, including video-processing pipelines and control logic.
- Support hardware-firmware integration and collaborate with hardware, software, and systems engineering teams.
- Define and execute firmware verification and validation activities while maintaining coding standards, quality gates, and development best practices.
- Support CI/CD workflows, laboratory validation, AI-enabled engineering processes, and compliance with medical-device development standards and lifecycle processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
- 6+ years of FPGA/firmware development experience.
- Fluent English and intermediate German language skills.
- Residence within commuting distance of Erlangen or willingness to relocate.
- Strong FPGA development expertise using VHDL/SystemVerilog and FPGA SoCs such as Xilinx.
- Experience with hardware-firmware integration, system-level debugging, and laboratory validation environments.
- Programming skills in C/C++ and Python.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and with distributed, multi-location engineering teams.
- Preferred experience includes regulated or safety-critical industries, medical-device firmware lifecycle processes, video/image processing pipelines, LVDS or CoaXPress interfaces, CI/CD pipelines, Hardware-in-the-Loop testing, and advanced hardware debugging.
Benefits
- Work on breakthrough ophthalmic technologies that help surgeons improve patients’ vision worldwide.
- Professional development and technical growth opportunities.
- Collaborative, multidisciplinary engineering environment with influence over next-generation medical-device innovation.
- Based in Erlangen, Germany; candidates must live within commuting distance or be willing to relocate.