Senior Electrical Engineer — VETi Platform
Job in
Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, 94306, USA
Listed on 2026-07-23
Listing for:
Kodiak Sciences
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-23
Job specializations:
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Engineering
Hardware Engineer, Electronics Engineer, Systems Engineer, Test Engineer
Job Description & How to Apply Below
What You Will Do
- Own the design, development, and validation of analog and digital electronics for wearable imaging and sensing systems — from prototype through production.
- Architect advanced computing platforms based on FPGA, CPU, NPU, and GPU subsystems for high-speed signal and AI processing.
- Develop motion-control hardware with real-time, closed-loop feedback for actuator and robotics applications.
- Develop Verilog or System Verilog designs for FPGAs supporting real-time signal processing and AI inference.
- Design high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen4, DDR4 SDRAM, USB-C, high-speed ADC/DAC), including signal integrity, power integrity, and EMC analysis.
- Bring up new boards and debug hardware, FPGA, and system-level issues across the stack.
- Collaborate with optics, mechanical, firmware, software, and systems engineering teams.
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional electrical engineering experience developing complex systems.
- Strong analog and digital circuit design experience, with proficiency in schematic capture and PCB layout tools (Altium, Cadence, or similar) and lab debugging instruments (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers).
- Strong FPGA design experience in Verilog or System Verilog, including RTL development, simulation, synthesis, and timing closure on Xilinx/AMD or Intel/Altera platforms.
- Experience designing high-speed interfaces (PCIe Gen4, DDR4 SDRAM, USB-C, high-speed ADC/DAC).
- Ability to collaborate across hardware, software, scientific, and engineering teams.
- Experience with edge AI hardware (NPU/GPU/DSP integration or AI inference accelerators).
- Experience with imaging sensors, LiDAR, OCT, MEMS, or other optical sensors.
- Experience with low-power design for wearable or battery-powered systems.
- Experience taking electronics from prototype through DFM/DFT to mass production.
- Familiarity with regulated medical-device hardware development (IEC 60601, ISO 13485, FDA), or willingness to learn.
This role is for engineers who want their designs to drive real-world physical systems — optics, sensors, and embedded computing — and shape the hardware itself. You will work at the intersection of software, hardware, medical imaging, optics, AR/VR, LiDAR, OCT, and AI. The platform is novel, the technical challenges are deep, and the work has the potential to shape a new class of wearable vision technologies.
#J-18808-LjbffrPosition Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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