Logic Designer and FPGA Team Leader

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com.

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Job Function:

R&D Product Development

Job Sub Function:

R&D Electrical/Mechatronic Engineering

Job Category:

People Leader

All Job Posting Locations:

Yokneam, Haifa District, Israel

Job Description:

About Johnson & Johnson MedTech Cardiovascular:

Fueled by innovation at the intersection of biology and technology, we’re developing the next generation of smarter, less invasive, more personalized treatments.

Are you passionate about improving and expanding the possibilities of Cardiovascular? Ready to join a team that’s reimagining how we heal? Our Cardiovascular team develops leading solutions for heart recovery, electrophysiology, and stroke. You will join a proud heritage of continually elevating standards of care for stroke, heart failure and atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients.

Your unique talents will help patients on their journey to wellness. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/medtech

We are searching for the best talent for a Logic Designer and FPGA Team Leader role, to join our team located in Yokneam, Israel.

Purpose: We are seeking an experienced Logic Designer and FPGA Team Leader to lead and grow the FPGA engineering group developing life‑saving medical systems.

This is a key value, strategic role with direct influence on product architecture, delivery, and safety — your work will help improve and protect the health of millions of patients worldwide.

You will combine deep technical expertise in Logic Designer and FPGA/RTL design with strong leadership and cross‑functional collaboration to deliver robust, high‑quality FPGA solutions in a regulated environment.

Reports to Director of Hardware Engineering and key member of architecture design for the product.

Qualifications and Requirements:

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

• Proven experience of at least six years in Logic Designer and FPGA/RTL development and more than two years in team management

• Ability to design FPGA architecture

• Proficiency in Verilog and SystemVerilog

• Experience in synthesis and implementation using tools such as Vivado and Quartus

• Deep understanding of Static Timing Analysis, constraints (XDC/SDC), and low‑skew clocking

• Hands‑on experience in hardware brings‑up: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, JTAG, BERT

• Familiarity with PCIe and SerDes protocols and experience with signal‑processing algorithms

• Ability to read electrical schematics and a basic understanding of SI/PI and power/cooling requirements

• Advantage: familiarity with Artix‑7 and Kintex UltraScale+ devices

• Ability to lead and grow a team of FPGA designers

• Proven ability for managing cross platforms and technologies

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Preferred Skills:

Business Behavior, Consulting, Critical Thinking, Design Mindset, Design Thinking, Developing Others, Electrical Engineering, Feasibility Studies, Inclusive Leadership, Leadership, Mechanical Engineering, Quality Focus, Research and Development, Robotic Automation, SAP Product Lifecycle Management, Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Application, Smart Systems, Technical Research