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Senior Staff FPGA Engineer Verified today

CesiumAstro · El Segundo, CA · Electronics · first seen 2026-09-25
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About the role

You will be responsible for FPGA circuits and systems through all phases of development. Your work will span design, verification, test, and deployment at the HDL level. FPGA designs will include high-speed serial interfaces and data streams, digital processing cores, multiple clocks and clock domains, and management interfaces.

As a senior staff level engineer, you will present engineering design review materials to customers and the executive team, participate in proposal writing, and mentor junior FPGA designers.

What you will do

  • Lead FPGA design and verification efforts for space-based programs, ensuring compliance with industry standards and program requirements.
  • Work with cross-functional teams (system engineering, hardware designers, software engineers) to define FPGA architecture, partitioning, interface definitions, and specifications.
  • Develop FPGA architecture based on high-level system requirements, formulate part selections, and provide SWAP-C estimates with emphasis on FPGA utilization and power consumption.
  • Act as subject matter expert during design reviews, bringing technical expertise and insight to the team.
  • Mentor and guide junior FPGA designers to drive efficiency, quality, and consistency.
  • Monitor emerging technologies to drive future product development for space applications.

What you will need

  • Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university.
  • 12 years of industry or university research experience in FPGA system design, analysis, and implementation at the HDL level.
  • Proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog design capture.
  • Familiarity with radiation-tolerant FPGA devices: Xilinx Versal, Xilinx UltraScale+, Xilinx RFSoC, Microsemi PolarFire, RTG-4.
  • Expertise in FPGA implementation (synthesis, place and route, timing closure) and verification.
  • Proficiency in HDL Coder, Modelsim RTL simulation tools, Xilinx and Microsemi tool flows.
  • Strong understanding of space environment considerations and radiation effects on FPGA parts to develop mitigation techniques.
  • Hands-on experience with lab instruments: digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, vector signal analyzers.
  • Experience with high-speed interfaces and power optimization techniques for space applications.
  • Proven track record of successful FPGA designs deployed in space programs.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience with worst-case analysis, failure mode and criticality analysis, and reliability analysis.
  • Familiarity with digital communications and digital signal processing.
  • Experience with board-level hardware design.
  • Demonstrated ability to work efficiently with a distributed team.
  • Proficiency with git source code control.
  • Experience developing firmware using agile flows.

What we offer

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

Eligibility

To conform with United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.