FPGA Engineer

Planet•San Francisco, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join a dynamic and innovative team at Planet, where you'll play a pivotal role supporting our FPGA based designs, which are fundamental to the imaging operations of our cutting-edge satellites. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the development and validation of our new designs and the improvement of our FPGA build tools and testing infrastructure. You'll collaborate closely with a diverse group of engineers, including electrical, RF, camera, and firmware specialists, to deliver fully validated designs for our satellites. The ideal candidate is passionate about Planet's mission and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. This role will appeal to candidates who are looking for opportunities to take an organization to the next level and are deeply mission-driven. This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or similar with 2+ years of experience.
Experience with writing SystemVerilog for RTL design and verification.
Familiarity with scripting and programming (Python, C++, shell).
Familiarity with version control systems (e.g., git).
Familiarity with lab-based debug of electrical systems (e.g., logic analyzers, oscilloscopes).

Nice To Haves

Experience with Xilinx Vivado, Vitis, and Versal.
Experience in validating hardware/software interfaces.
Experience testing high speed serial protocols including PCIe/NVMe, MIPI, CameraLink, JESD204B, etc.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with RTL/EE/SW engineers to bring up new boards in the lab, to validate and debug new releases, and to automate hardware-in-the-loop testing.
Improve and build new features for our FPGA tools and infrastructure.
Work with manufacturing test engineers to develop production testing flows to ensure our designs perform as expected after launch.
Implement FPGA modules under the guidance of senior engineers.