Logic Designer and FPGA Team Leader

Job Title

Logic Designer and FPGA Team Leader

Role Summary

Lead and grow an FPGA engineering group responsible for FPGA/RTL architecture, design, implementation, verification, and hardware bring‑up for life‑saving medical systems. Work within the hardware engineering organization and as a key member of product architecture teams to deliver safe, validated FPGA solutions in a regulated environment.

The role combines hands‑on FPGA technical leadership with people management, cross‑functional coordination, and ownership of delivery and quality for FPGA subsystems.

Experience Level

Senior - requires at least six years of FPGA/RTL development experience and more than two years of team management experience.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include technical leadership, team development, and delivery of FPGA-based subsystems for medical devices.

• Lead and grow a team of FPGA designers; mentor engineers and manage performance and hiring.
• Define and drive FPGA architecture and implementation for product features.
• Develop and review RTL (Verilog/SystemVerilog), constraints, and timing closure strategies.
• Coordinate cross‑functional work with hardware, software, verification, and system teams.
• Oversee synthesis, implementation, and static timing analysis using tools such as Vivado and Quartus.
• Support hardware bring‑up and debugging using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, JTAG, and BERT.
• Ensure designs meet regulatory and safety requirements for medical devices.
• Manage cross‑platform integration and collaborate on system architecture decisions.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills, leadership experience, and domain knowledge.

• At least six years of FPGA/RTL design experience with hands‑on RTL development.
• More than two years of experience managing or leading engineering teams.
• Proficiency in Verilog and SystemVerilog.
• Experience with synthesis and implementation flows (Vivado, Quartus).
• Deep understanding of Static Timing Analysis and constraints (XDC/SDC), and clocking strategies.
• Hands‑on hardware bring‑up and debugging experience (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, JTAG, BERT).
• Familiarity with PCIe, SerDes protocols, and signal‑processing algorithms.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and a basic understanding of SI/PI and thermal/power considerations.
• Proven ability to manage cross platforms, technologies, and delivery in a regulated environment.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with Artix‑7 or Kintex UltraScale+ devices.
• Prior work in medical devices or other regulated industries.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.

About the Company

Company: Johnson & Johnson

Headquarters: New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Global healthcare company focused on pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and consumer health products. Johnson & Johnson innovates across medicine and MedTech to prevent, treat, and cure diseases and deliver healthcare solutions worldwide.