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Senior Staff FPGA Engineer Verified today

CesiumAstro · Austin, TX · 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, from architecture through deployment. Your work will include high-speed serial interfaces, digital processing cores, multi-clock domain management, and comprehensive testing and verification. As a senior staff member, you will present engineering design reviews to customers and executives, and contribute to proposal efforts.

Responsibilities

  • 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, and software engineers) to define FPGA architecture, partitioning, interface definitions, and specifications.
  • Develop FPGA architecture based on high level system requirements to formulate part selections and SWAP-C estimates with emphasis on FPGA utilizations and power consumption.
  • Act as the subject matter expert when participating in design reviews and bringing technical expertise and insight to the team.
  • Mentor and guide junior FPGA designers to drive for efficiency, quality, and consistency.
  • Maintain pulse on emerging technologies to drive future product development for space applications.

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university or institution.
  • 12 years of industry or university research experience in the design, analysis, and implementation of FPGA systems 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, and 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 such as digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, and 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 Experience

  • Experience with worst-case analysis, failure method and criticality analyses, 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.

Employment Details

Full-time position. CesiumAstro offers company stock options and a comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.