At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. **A Day in the Life** At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world. In this role, you will join a world class team of mechanical, electrical and software engineers responsible for further development and enhancement of the globally launched Robotic Assisted Surgery platform within the Surgical Operating unit: https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/robotic-assisted-surgery/hugo-ras-system.html Medtronic’s Surgical Operating Unit is one new, powerful operating unit bringing together the people and product portfolio of Surgical Robotics and Surgical Innovations. With the Medtronic Mission as our North Star, we will build on our legacy of proven surgical solutions and advance the promise of robotics and digital solutions for the benefit of the customers and patients we serve. Make your impact by exploring a career with the world’s leading Medical Device company, striving “to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life”. As an FPGA Engineer, you will be part of the global Programmable Logic team that is part of the Electrical Engineering department. You will work in close collaboration with other Electrical engineers and other functions such as Mechanical, Software and Systems engineers. You will focus on designing and verifying FPGA and SoC real-time platforms for Surgical Robotics systems and accessories. If projects are within your core field of expertise and needed, you might represent R&D function, as the R&D core team member, to work with the core team consisting of Marketing, Quality, Regulatory, Program Management and Operations to make critical decisions regarding projects execution and future product roadmap. Engineers create our market-leading portfolio of innovations. Combine the best of your experience with training and mentorship to move your career forward. If you want a challenging, energizing, rewarding career that changes lives, join us. Help us bring the next generation of life-changing medical technology to patients worldwide. If you are a pioneer and would like to have a big impact into the new world of medical robotics – then come join our team! **Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:** + Specification, implementation and testing of FPGA-based solutions for robotics, advanced vision systems, electromechanical control systems, sensor designs, high speed computing, hardware acceleration and real-time communication systems + Development of verification plans and testbenches for our design solutions leveraging advanced verification methods (e. g. UVM) + Ensuring a safe, secure, and reliable product in the field of your expertise + Ensuring design deliverables align with the Electrical and Software architecture + Participation in PCBA design reviews, systems / subsystems architecture reviews + Collaboration with the other Hardware, Systems, DevOps, and Software teams + Finding solutions to make development and verification more efficient and automated and improving quality **Required Knowledge and Experience:** + Bachelor’s Degree in electrical engineering or related field and at least 4 years of relevant experience + Knowledge and experience in designing modular FPGA solutions, and typical system architectures and design patterns for SoC and embedded processing systems design + Experience in FPGA development (sound VHDL knowledge, FPGA design flow, simulation, synthesis, mapping, and timing closure) preferably on Xilinx devices + Knowledge of most common communication interfaces (e.g., I2C, SPI, UART, USB, PCIe) + Experience with Xilinx FPGA and SoC, development flow and associated tools + Experience with EDA tools (build, code coverage, static timing analysis, source control, etc.) A strong candidate would ideally bring experience in embedded firmware development using C/C++, including familiarity with BSP/FSBL, QNX, Embedded Linux, or RTOS. A background in PCBA design and the ability to interpret schematics is beneficial, along with hands-on knowledge of motors, electro-mechanics, sensors, and low-level control interfaces. Familiarity with real-time communication protocols, particularly EtherCAT, as well as Verilog/SystemVerilog and verification methodologies like UVM, would be advantageous. **Physical Job Requirements** The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.  **Benefits & Compensation** **Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package** A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage. **About Medtronic** We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here (http://www.medtronic.com) We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. **We change lives** . Each team member, each day, helps to improve and redefine how the world treats the most pressing health conditions, from heart disease to diabetes. Our industry leadership comes from the passion and ingenuity of our people. That’s who we are. Working alongside one another, we use science, medicine, and a profound understanding of the human body to build extraordinary technologies that can transform lives. **We build extraordinary solutions as one team** . With one Medtronic Mindset defining how we work. Speed and decisiveness run through our DNA. Diverse perspectives inspire our bold answers to any challenge that comes our way. And we deliver results the right way, breakthrough after patient breakthrough. **This life-changing career is yours to engineer** . By bringing your ambitious ideas, unique perspective and contributions, you will… + **Build** a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world + **Grow** a career reflective of your passion and abilities + **Connect** to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life-long learning These commitments set our team apart from the rest: **Experiences that put people first** . Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity. It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life. And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career-building resources you need. **Life-transforming technologies** . No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives. What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms. **Better outcomes for our world** . Here, it’s about more than the bottom line. Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us. We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls. **Insight-driven care** . Fresh viewpoints. Cutting-edge AI, data, and automation. You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. 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