Staff FPGA Operations Project Engineer Verified today

Role Overview

CesiumAstro develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and space and airborne platforms. We seek a Staff FPGA Operations Project Engineer to lead planning, coordination, and execution of complex engineering operations initiatives supporting FPGA development. You will independently identify and resolve operational challenges, supporting quality, efficiency and schedule objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish project plans, schedules, resource requirements, and execution strategies for complex engineering operations initiatives.
• Define project engineering approaches by evaluating workflow requirements, engineering priorities, schedules, risks, and resource constraints.
• Lead coordination of operational deliverables, process improvements, cross-functional activities, and project reviews.
• Develop and implement engineering workflows, tool integrations, infrastructure coordination and process documentation.
• Evaluate engineering data, technical documentation, workflow metrics, and team feedback to direct solutions that improve engineering effectiveness.
• Validate process changes, corrective actions, risk mitigation activities, and operational deliverables supporting technical and business objectives.
• Coordinate engineering, manufacturing, quality, supply chain, program management, and operations teams as the engineering operations project lead.
• Develop project plans, technical reports, process documentation, status updates, and performance metrics supporting operational decisions.
• Support design reviews, process reviews, technical reviews, engineering investigations, customer meetings, product development activities, and training by providing project engineering and operations guidance.
• Establish engineering operations best practices, planning methodologies, repeatable execution processes, and performance measures across FPGA development.
• Identify opportunities for improvement in project management methods, engineering workflows, resource planning, and execution strategies.
• Drive initiatives that enhance project execution, technical coordination, schedule performance, communication, engineering workflows, tool adoption, and engineering effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field with 8-12 years of experience; Master's degree with 6-8 years; or PhD with 3-5 years of experience in project engineering, systems engineering, product development, program execution, or related disciplines including electrical, computer, aerospace, software, industrial, mechanical, manufacturing, biomedical, human factors, systems engineering, engineering management, information systems, operations research, applied mathematics, or data analytics.
• In-depth knowledge of engineering principles, development workflows, and project engineering methodologies.
• Advanced understanding of project planning, scheduling, technical coordination, engineering change processes, risk management, product lifecycle management (PLM), process improvement and change management.
• Comprehensive knowledge of engineering documentation, workflow design, process implementation, tool integration, project controls, and systems integration.
• Knowledge of cross-functional engineering collaboration, quality systems, user requirements, and engineering operations.
• Strong understanding of technical leadership, engineering lifecycle management, and organizational project management practices.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Experience with project management and scheduling software such as Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or equivalent.
• Experience with engineering documentation and collaboration tools such as GitLab, Jama, Jira, Confluence, or equivalent.

Employment and Compensation

Full-time position. CesiumAstro considers role, responsibilities, work experience, education, and key skills when extending offers. Full-time employment includes company stock options and benefits package: health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

Eligibility

To conform with United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations, 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 required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.