Senior FPGA Engineer Verified today

CesiumAstro · Melbourne, FL · Electronics · first seen 2026-09-03

CesiumAstro develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms. We seek a Senior FPGA Engineer to join our team in a hands-on, collaborative role.

Responsibilities

  • Design, verify, test, and deploy FPGA circuits and systems through all development phases
  • Develop FPGA HDL designs including high-speed serial interfaces, data streams, digital processing cores, multiple clocks and clock domains, and management interfaces
  • Conduct testing, validation, and verification of FPGA designs
  • Present engineering design review materials to customers and executive leadership
  • Participate in proposal-writing efforts

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university
  • 5 years of industry or university research experience in FPGA systems design, analysis, and implementation at the HDL level
  • Expertise in FPGA design and verification (Verilog/VHDL, HDL Coder, Xilinx Vivado, Modelsim, or equivalent)
  • Hands-on experience with lab instruments: digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, vector signal analyzers
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Experience

  • Aerospace design and qualification
  • Worst-case analysis, failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and reliability analysis
  • Board-level hardware design
  • Communications systems and digital signal processing

Compensation and Benefits

Full-time employment includes company stock options and benefits: health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.

Employment Requirements

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