Apptronik
Staff Electrical Engineer - Sensor FPGA
Austin, TX +1 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Location
- Austin, TX
Sunnyvale, California, United States - Experience
- At least 8 years of experience in Electrical Engineering.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
About the job
Architects and delivers Apollo’s sensor-bridge electronics and FPGA design, from requirements and architecture through validation and production release.
What you'll do
- Own PCBA and FPGA development, including component selection, schematics, layout guidance, RTL, documentation, and manufacturing release.
- Design and validate high-speed mixed-signal interfaces, power, and FPGA functions for sensor data, camera synchronization, and Ethernet streaming.
- Lead bring-up, debugging, lifecycle management, and cross-functional technical execution; mentor junior engineers.
What they ask for
- Demonstrated FPGA design experience, including device selection, VHDL and/or Verilog RTL, timing closure, clock-domain crossing, and resource optimization.
- Experience with high-speed interfaces and board-level design fundamentals, including signal integrity, impedance control, and timing analysis.
- Experience with FPGA tool flows and simulation, such as Vivado, Quartus, or Lattice Radiant and ModelSim/Questa or equivalent.
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; at least 8 years of Electrical Engineering experience.
Nice to have
- Camera/image sensor hardware experience, including SerDes, MIPI CSI-2, and ISP integration; automotive or robotics vision systems preferred.
- Experience with Ethernet-based sensor streaming and sensor bridges.
Tools
VHDL, Verilog, CSI-2, GMSL2, FPD-Link, 10GbE, Vivado, Quartus
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