Principal Engineer - FPGA

Baker Hughes

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Work type: On-site
Location: Skaneateles, NY
Salary: $136,000–$252,540 / yr
Posted: 47 days ago
Nearby: 3 roles within 25 mi

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Baker Hughes Company is a leading global energy technology company, co-headquartered in Houston, Texas, and London, UK, providing integrated oilfield services, equipment, and industrial technology to clients in over 120 countries.

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TL;DR · Principal Engineer - FPGA

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As a Principal FPGA & Embedded Software Engineer at Waygate Technologies in Skaneateles, NY, you will serve as the technical owner of our FPGA architecture and image data pipeline, working closely with electrical, software, and mechanical engineers to design innovative solutions for energy products. Your responsibilities include owning the FPGA architecture for image acquisition, processing, and data movement across various subsystems, designing and optimizing FPGA logic, developing Linux kernel drivers in a Xilinx Petalinux environment, and defining HW/SW partitioning. You will also collaborate on system bring-up, debugging, and performance tuning while ensuring seamless integration between hardware and software components. Ideal candidates have strong experience with Verilog/VHDL/SystemVerilog, expertise in FPGA development, and familiarity with Xilinx toolchains like Petalinux. Additionally, knowledge of image sensors, video pipelines, and high-bandwidth data paths is preferred.

Skills

Verilog VHDL SystemVerilog Xilinx Petalinux Linux kernel drivers Petalinux Altium DSP concepts image sensors video pipelines high-bandwidth data paths embedded Linux FPGA development Xilinx toolchains HW/SW co-design

What you'll do

Own FPGA architecture for image acquisition, processing, and data movement.
Design and optimize FPGA logic focusing on timing closure and resource efficiency.
Develop and integrate FPGA IP related to high-speed video/data interfaces.
Maintain Linux kernel drivers and low-level software in a Xilinx Petalinux environment.
Define HW/SW partitioning and system interfaces for FPGA-based systems.
Support system bring-up, debugging, and performance tuning across hardware layers.

What we're looking for

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical/Computer Engineering from an accredited university.
Strong FPGA development experience with Verilog/VHDL/SystemVerilog.
Proven ability to achieve timing closure on complex FPGA designs.
Experience developing Linux kernel drivers for FPGA-based systems.
Familiarity with Xilinx toolchains, including Petalinux and build flows.
Hands-on system bring-up and debugging experience on custom hardware.
Knowledge of image sensors, video pipelines, or high-bandwidth data paths.

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