Embedded FPGA Engineer

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving sophisticated analytical challenges, increasing efficiency in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global teams of more than 100,000 colleagues delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com

Providing outstanding product development services to Thermo Fisher scientific global business units, is one of the essential functions of the India Engineering Center (IEC). This global research and development center, established in 2009, located in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, with over 150 employees. We are a team committed to develop innovative and groundbreaking technologically sophisticated products ranging from laboratory equipment, analytical instruments, remote monitoring solutions, chromatography and mass spectrometry. We are proud of the work that we do at India Engineering Center thereby fulfilling our mission of making the world a healthier, cleaner, and safer place:

About the Job: Ideal candidate will help bring ownership for a Temperature Controlled product lines. In the journey candidate will work closely with global sites to ensure that Change Management within this portfolio achieves a maturity. Will ensure right design metrics are put in place driving design leadership is demonstrated in numbers. As part of early leadership would engage with different Division leaderships to deliver cross pollination of ideas & knowledge.

The FPGA Engineer - III is a member of a global R&D Team. The role is of a hands-on Electrical/Electronic engineer who is motivated to actively enhance value of the new product design and update of existing products. The person will play key role in designing & implementing the systems, be involved from idea to product launch/update and own the design aspects and address all technical challenges including regulatory certifications.

• Conceptualize, analyze & implement system design and programmable part (FPGA/CPLD) design from selecting parts to subsystem design
• Perform reviews on design concepts, component selections, trade off analysis and resolve technical challenges
• Work with cross function team to gather requirements, perform system / subsystem design. Finalize electronics design requirement by reviewing with systems & global engineering teams. Provide design options & tradeoff analysis ensuring compliance to requirements
• Build and review the design documents and verification plan mapping to all the requirements including key performance & reliability requirements.
• Ensure the design performance to meet the design objectives, efficient in aspects of Manufacturability and Serviceability, and achieve the cost/reliability target.
• Work with multi-functional team to ensure design and form-factors meet regulatory, safety, environmental, reliability, thermal and interface standard (Ethernet, USB, etc.) compliance requirements..
• Continuously learns and grow technical depth and knowledge across product lines.

• Masters or Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Electronics engineering, or related field or equivalent.
• Over 10+ years of proven experience in hardware design and development in embedded system design with 8/16/32-bit microprocessor design

Must Have:

• Mixed-Signal Design Experience, Microprocessor / FPGA Experience
• Expert in using the FPGA development tools including synthesis, place and route, simulation, timing closure and debug tools.
• Experience in Memory Interface, High Speed Ethernet, USB and other communication protocols
• Excellent understanding of PCB design, electronic schematics, and their functionalities
• Proven track record in developing and debugging sophisticated instrumentation systems and firmware (controls, sensors, automation, robotics, firmware, device communication, etc.)
• Proficient in scripting, debugging, optimization tools, and unit testing
• Experience in Verilog/ VHDL, code optimization & reducing latency
• Experience in use of existing IPs or develop something totally from scratch
• Solid understanding in alternate design analysis/part substitute for cost out ideas and obsolescence management including design analysis for quality, reliability, power consumption, timing parameters etc.
• Should have good knowledge on the compliance requirement & should support product regulatory compliance testing including EMC/EMI, CCC, UL, RoHS, etc.
• Proficient in debugging instruments (digital oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers);
• Experience in practices for Design for Test (DFT), DFR and Design for Manufacturing (DFM) background.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and interpersonal skills.
• In-depth knowledge of Software & Firmware Engineering principles
• Agility to work on multiple simultaneous projects, tasks & programs to suit business needs

• Experience with cost take out/VAVE methodologies and Phase gate process
• C/C++ Embedded Programming