Principal FPGA Engineer

CesiumAstro•Westminster, CO

2d•$218,000 - $226,000

About The Position

CesiumAstro is hiring a Principal FPGA Engineer for its Advanced Projects Group. The role is responsible for architecting, developing, maintaining, and owning the company’s FPGA prototyping testbed, and supporting advanced prototyping for next-generation product development. The testbed includes FPGA development boards, particularly AMD devices, associated laboratory test equipment, a UVMf simulation and verification environment, and a high-performance Linux-based compute cluster. It is used for engineering evaluations of device performance and development tools and flows. Working with the senior technical trajectory team, the engineer will deliver analysis of power, thermal behavior, device utilization, and compute performance for modern space-qualified programmable logic devices. The role also leads large-scale prototype implementations using regression-gated, Linux-based CI/CD automation. The position involves advanced FPGA architecture and design, complex technical investigations, integration and validation, technical leadership, and mentoring engineers.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university or institution.
15+ years of experience designing, analyzing, and implementing FPGA systems at the HDL level.
Expert-level knowledge of FPGA design fundamentals, including HDL/HLS design entry, verification, logical and physical synthesis, and place-and-route.
Expert-level knowledge of geographically distributed Linux-based CI/CD automation infrastructure.
Expert-level knowledge of AMD Versal toolchains and flow methodologies using Vivado, Vitis, Embedded Development Framework, AIE, and HLS tools and methodologies.
Strong foundational DSP skills, including NCO, FIR, and FFT.
Expert-level knowledge of FPGA optimization strategies and tradeoffs involving utilization, power, thermal behavior, and compute performance.
Strong foundational knowledge of UVMf-based verification.
Ownership and pride in delivering high-quality implementations focused on modularity, verification, and HIL-based regression gating.
Ability to independently execute challenging projects and prototypes without direct supervision.
Ability to collaborate with senior technical leadership while maintaining a positive attitude and growth mindset.
Ability to evaluate and apply new tooling and design methodologies from industry partners, including AMD and Siemens, from a customer perspective.

Responsibilities

Architect, develop, maintain, and own the FPGA prototyping testbed.
Support advanced prototyping for next-generation product development efforts.
Perform and deliver engineering analysis related to power, thermal behavior, device utilization, and compute performance.
Lead large-scale prototype implementations using regression-gated Linux-based CI/CD automation infrastructure.
Develop advanced FPGA architectures, RTL designs, interface solutions, and digital hardware concepts.
Contribute to FPGA design principles, implementation techniques, verification methodologies, and engineering approaches.
Lead complex engineering studies, design evaluations, and technical investigations.
Direct FPGA integration, hardware bring-up, verification, debugging, qualification, and design validation.
Evaluate simulation results, timing closure, hardware performance, laboratory measurements, engineering risks, and system interactions.
Guide verification approaches, qualification strategies, engineering improvements, and technical recommendations.
Advise engineering leadership, customers, and program teams on advanced FPGA technologies and engineering challenges.
Lead technical reviews, engineering investigations, customer discussions, and multidisciplinary design efforts.
Mentor senior FPGA Engineers and maintain a training and mentorship pipeline for select early-career engineers.
Advance FPGA engineering practices, tools, performance, reliability, efficiency, innovation, and technical capability.
Evaluate FPGA technologies, engineering methods, and development processes, identifying opportunities for improvement.
Independently execute and deliver challenging project and prototype concepts without direct supervision.
Collaborate with senior technical leadership and evaluate, apply, and drive development using new tools and methodologies from industry partners such as AMD and Siemens.