FPGA Engineer Verified today
The Exploration Company is building innovative aerospace technologies that advance the future of space transportation. We need a talented FPGA engineer to develop the electronic systems for our capsule.
Key Responsibilities
- Write VHDL code to validate all needed functions in the FPGAs
- Design and validation of digital interfaces circuitry (CAN, RS422 UART, I2C, SPI, Spacewire)
- Provide inputs to the team designing digital circuit boards with FPGAs and microcontrollers for space environment
- Write first test software for the system to validate interfaces and hardware functions
- Digital electronics architecture design and FPGA design and verification
- Full test cycle from first power up of prototypes to serial test concept of flight hardware
- Creation and adaptation of test scripts in Python for test automation
- Work closely with Systems Engineers to define capabilities and requirements of digital functionality
- Validate design and ensure failure tolerance and radiation tolerance of functions
Experience and Qualifications
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications Engineering, Embedded Systems or similar (or several years of relevant work experience)
- Relevant work experience in FPGA / SoC design and / or verification
- Experience using Microchip Libero or Xilinx Vivado
- Solid VHDL / Verilog knowledge
- Embedded software knowledge (MCUs, soft-cores)
- Hands-on mentality working in the laboratory (soldering, prototype board debugging)
- Knowledge of VUnit/UVVM is a plus
- Knowledge of radiation effects and radiation related failure mechanisms (Single Event Upsets, Single Event Transients) is a plus
- Knowledge of environmental qualification and relevant standards (ECSS / NASA-HBK / NASA-CBCS / MIL-STD) is a plus