Senior FPGA Engineer

Astranis•San Francisco, CA

15h•$175,000 - $240,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior FPGA Engineer you'll be responsible for the architecture, the design, the verification, and test of RTL designs for the FPGAs that go into the spacecraft and on the ground station. You will work closely with the software, DSP and hardware teams to achieve design requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent
5+ years of experience
A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
Experience in designing, implementing, and testing high throughput systems implemented on FPGAs
Familiarity with system level estimates and implications of power, thermal, and real estate
Strong proficiency with Verilog/SystemVerilog for both synthesis and verification
Writing test benches and FPGA verification at module level and at top/system level
Experience with C/C++ bit accurate modeling of RTL modules.

Nice To Haves

MS or PhD in computer engineering or equivalent
Considerable expertise in at least 1 domain beyond just the logic design. This could be DSP/radio design, software, encryption, FEC encoding/decoding.
Experience with Xilinx Ultrascale/Ultrascale+/Versal FPGA’s
Experience with Vivado IDE, TCL
Experience with high speed data converters (ADCs, DACs, JESD204)
Experience with UVM and DPI simulation methodologies
Experience with circuit level debugging
Experience with digital communication theory and implementation, DVB-S2X modulation/demodulation, FEC encoding/decoding as LDPC, Turbo, Reed-Solomon, Channelization, FIR/IIR filtering, I/Q signaling.
Experience with space-based systems, Radiation tolerant design, such as TMR and ECC
Experience with UVM

Responsibilities

Design RTL for high performance systems including software defined radios, avionics and ground systems, for commercial and US Government projects
Work with multiple FPGAs and toolchains
Interface FPGAs with high speed data converters, memories, MCUs
Design, implement and test radiation mitigation schemes on FPGA
Collaborate closely with DSP/radio algorithm designers
Collaborate closely with embedded firmware and software engineers
Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.