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Senior Electrical Engineer, FPGA Development Verified today

True Anomaly · Long Beach, CA · Electronics · first seen 2026-09-24
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Your Mission

True Anomaly is seeking a Senior FPGA Developer to lead the architecture, implementation, and verification of complex FPGA-based systems for spacecraft. You will own your technical domain end-to-end: from requirements capture and architecture definition through simulation, integration, and on-orbit support. You will define FPGA-to-CPU/SoC interface architectures, lead verification planning across full digital subsystems, and bring a system-aware perspective that balances performance, cost, and risk. As a senior contributor, you will mentor peers, raise the technical bar, and collaborate closely with avionics, embedded software, and test teams to build high-reliability, radiation-tolerant firmware solutions fielded on real spacecraft.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture and implementation of complex FPGA systems with multiple clock domains, high-speed interfaces, and stringent reliability requirements
  • Own end-to-end FPGA development: requirements capture, functional block definition, HDL coding, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, and hardware integration
  • Lead multi-board digital backplane and payload data bus design, driving compliance, margin validation, and derating analysis
  • Define and manage verification and validation plans for full digital subsystems, integrating FPGA verification activities with system-level test
  • Define FPGA-to-CPU/SoC interface architectures and collaborate with embedded software teams on protocol design and integration
  • Develop and integrate COTS and custom IP cores into complete, production-ready solutions
  • Implement radiation mitigation strategies including TMR, ECC, and scrubbing for space applications
  • Lead cross-team delivery of FPGA development milestones, managing dependencies and setting clear checkpoints
  • Mentor peers and junior engineers, elevating design quality and development practices across the team
  • Develop and maintain design documentation, ICDs, verification plans, and test reports
  • Participate in all aspects of the product development lifecycle, from concept through production, integration, and launch

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
  • 5+ years of professional experience in FPGA design and development
  • Deep expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog and FPGA synthesis flows
  • Experience with Microsemi/Microchip, Xilinx/AMD, or Intel/Altera FPGA families and associated toolsets
  • Experience with simulation and verification tools such as ModelSim, QuestaSim, or similar
  • Experience designing and implementing high-speed Ethernet interfaces in FPGA fabric, including MAC/PHY integration, UDP/TCP offload, and high-throughput data path design
  • Experience with Layer 2 Ethernet switch development, including frame forwarding, VLAN handling, and port arbitration
  • Experience with other high-speed serial interfaces (PCIe) and common bus protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)
  • Experience with radiation mitigation techniques for space-grade digital logic
  • Experience reading and interpreting electrical schematics and collaborating with hardware design teams
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Experience with spacecraft FPGA development and space-qualified or radiation-hardened device families (PolarFire, ProASIC3, SmartFusion2, etc.)
  • Experience defining and executing FPGA-to-CPU/SoC interface architectures in collaboration with embedded software teams
  • Familiarity with SpaceWire and other spacecraft-specific data bus standards
  • Familiarity with signal integrity analysis and high-speed digital design practices
  • Exposure to software development in C, C++, or Python for firmware integration and test scripting
  • Knowledge of schematic capture tools (Altium Designer preferred)
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, startup environment or similarly dynamic setting

Compensation

  • Base Salary: $150,000-$220,000
  • Equity plus benefits including medical, dental, vision coverage (100% company-paid), HRA/HSA options, flexible time off or PTO up to 25 days, 12 paid holidays, parental leave, sick leave, 401(k), and fitness reimbursement

Your actual base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.

Additional Requirements

  • Ability to maintain or obtain TS//SCI clearance
  • Work location: onsite at Long Beach, CA, with travel to other sites as needed
  • U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State (ITAR compliance)