Senior FPGA Design Engineer at Intuitive

Seniority in posting: entry

Setup: On-site
Location: Sunnyvale, California
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Aug 24, 2026

Description

Intuitive is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer to join its FPGA Core team and develop, integrate, verify, and validate FPGA designs for surgical robotics systems. The role covers communications, embedded processing, sensor interfacing, motor control, FPGA architecture, build tools, simulation, bringup, debugging, and system integration. Candidates need a bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering, at least eight years of complex FPGA module design experience, and strong proficiency in System-Verilog/Verilog, AMD Versal or Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC devices, and related FPGA development tools.

Required Skills

FPGA design
System-Verilog
AMD Versal
FPGA build tools
FPGA simulation
FPGA verification
C and Python
Linux

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical or computer engineering
Required Previous Experiences: At least 8 years designing complex FPGA modules
Experience with DDRX, AXI4, PCIe, SPI, I2C, embedded processing, and motor control
Experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and power supplies
FPGA bringup, debugging, and software/system integration
FPGA verification and validation
Programming and scripting with C and Python
Linux operating system experience
Preferred Qualifications: VHDL
QuestaSim and UVM
Translation Company Name: Intuitive