FPGA Electrical Engineer III Verified today
About the role
Honeybee Robotics' Exploration Systems division is seeking an FPGA Electrical Engineer to develop custom avionics systems and motor controllers for robotic missions across the solar system. You will work with inter-disciplinary teams on flight avionics, rovers, deployable structures, and science instruments for planetary exploration. You'll interface with electrical design, mechanical, test, systems, integration, software and control engineering throughout the entire product lifecycle from conception to flight-ready hardware.
What you will do
- Serve as a flight FPGA design owner within small teams of electrical engineers throughout the project lifecycle (design, build, test, deliver), including mentoring of junior engineers
- Design and develop digital hardware architectures for embedded robotic systems in extreme environments
- Create and implement RTL code for critical SoC blocks and interfaces
- Contribute to architecture optimization for performance, power, and cost trade-offs
- Collaborate on design verification to ensure robust and reliable designs
- Support prototype development for early validation
- Document design specifications, architecture decisions, and implementation details
- Participate in design reviews and technical discussions with cross-functional teams
- Troubleshoot and debug digital design issues
- Implement interfaces between digital hardware and firmware/software components
- Checkout of custom high-reliability PCBs for various avionics applications
- Define and execute tests at integrated assembly level in avionics development labs, environmental test labs, radiation test labs and vendor test labs
- Apply technical expertise to problem solving throughout product lifecycle, including design review support and verification planning and execution
Minimum qualifications
- B.S. in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years of developing and testing complex hardware equipment over the entire product lifecycle
- Proficiency in SystemVerilog or Verilog for RTL implementation
- Experience with SoC integration and interface design
- Understanding of digital timing and synchronization concepts
- Knowledge of industry-standard bus protocols (AXI, AHB, etc.)
- Familiarity with synthesis tools and RTL-to-gates methodology
- Experience with simulation and debugging of complex digital systems
- Strong background in Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) and FPGA tool flow
- Passion for hands-on problem solving and avionics integration and test
- Ability to work independently on avionics programs with aggressive schedules
- Highly organized, safety and quality conscious, with excellent technical written and verbal communication skills
Preferred qualifications
- Graduate degree in related engineering or technical field
- 8+ years of experience in developing hardware across entire product lifecycle
- Experience using Microchip Libero design tools
- Experience implementing custom FPGA-based motor controllers
- Experience developing and testing complex electronic systems combining hardware, firmware, and software
- Experience leading the development and testing of embedded/motorized/power systems
- Proficiency with Python, Linux/Windows shell scripting, assembly language, C, C++, MATLAB, Simulink, or SPICE
- Experience using Altium to design complex printed circuit boards
Location and work arrangement
Onsite at Altadena, CA office. Relocation assistance provided.
Compensation
Base pay range for CA applicants: $130,706.00 to $182,987.70 per year. Other site ranges may differ.
Requirements
Applicants must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum. Background check required.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance
- Paid parental leave
- Short and long-term disability
- 401(k) with company match up to 5%
- Education Support Program
- Stock options for all regular employees (20+ hours/week)
- Up to four weeks paid time off per year and up to 14 company-paid holidays
- Performance-based bonuses (eligibility and amounts not guaranteed)