Principal FPGA Engineer Verified today

About the Role

As Principal FPGA Engineer in CesiumAstro's Advanced Projects Group, you will architect, develop, maintain and own the company's FPGA prototyping testbed. You will support advanced prototyping for next-generation product development efforts.

The FPGA prototyping testbed includes various development boards focused on AMD devices (VCK190, VMK180, VPK180, VEK385, etc.), associated test equipment (arbitrary waveform generators, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers), and a state-of-the-art UVMf simulation and verification environment based on a high-performance Linux-based compute cluster.

You will work closely with the senior technical trajectory team to perform engineering analysis related to power, thermal, device utilization and compute performance using modern space-qualified programmable logic devices. You will lead large-scale cutting-edge prototype implementations using regression-gated Linux-based CI/CD automation infrastructure.

What You Will Do

• Develop advanced FPGA architectures, RTL designs, interface solutions, and digital hardware concepts supporting complex products and emerging technologies.
• Contribute to new FPGA design principles, implementation techniques, verification methodologies, and engineering approaches that improve product performance.
• Lead complex engineering studies, design evaluations, and technical investigations requiring innovative solutions and advanced expertise.
• Direct complex FPGA integration, hardware bring-up, verification, debugging, qualification, and design validation across critical development efforts.
• Evaluate simulation results, timing closure, hardware performance, laboratory measurements, and engineering risks while developing innovative technical solutions.
• Guide implementation of advanced verification approaches, qualification strategies, and technical recommendations supporting product development.
• Serve as technical advisor to engineering leadership, customers, and program teams on advanced FPGA technologies and complex engineering challenges.
• Lead advanced technical reviews, engineering investigations, and multidisciplinary design efforts requiring specialized FPGA expertise.
• Mentor senior FPGA Engineers and promote advanced engineering practices across teams.
• Advance FPGA engineering practices through innovative design approaches, verification methods, and implementation techniques.
• Evaluate existing FPGA technologies and development processes to identify opportunities for long-term technical capability improvement.
• Guide initiatives that strengthen FPGA performance, product reliability, engineering efficiency, and technical excellence across multiple development efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university.
• 15+ years of experience in the design, analysis, and implementation of FPGA systems at the HDL level.
• Expert-level knowledge of FPGA design fundamentals (HDL/HLS design entry, verification, logical and physical synthesis, place-and-route).
• Expert-level knowledge of geographically distributed Linux-based CI/CD automation infrastructure.
• Expert-level knowledge of AMD Versal toolchains and flow methodologies using Vivado, Vitis, Embedded Development Framework, AIE and HLS development tools.
• Strong foundational DSP skills (NCO, FIR, FFT, etc.).
• Expert-level knowledge of FPGA optimization strategies and tradeoffs for utilization, power, thermal, and compute performance.
• Strong foundational knowledge of UVM(f)-based verification.
• Strong sense of ownership and pride in delivering artisan-grade implementations with focus on modularity, verification and hardware-in-the-loop regression gating.
• Ability to maintain, evaluate, and apply new tooling and design methodologies from industry partners such as AMD and Siemens.
• Ability to independently execute and deliver challenging projects without direct supervision.
• Ability to collaborate with senior technical leadership while maintaining a positive attitude and growth mindset.
• Maintain a robust training and mentorship pipeline for early-career engineers.

Compensation and Benefits

Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package: health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

Employment Authorization

To conform with United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, the applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.