Sr. FPGA Engineer II

Rocket Lab•Chantilly, VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Rocket Lab Optical Systems solves mission-critical space domain and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance challenges for Department of Defense and Intelligence Community customers. Our vision is to revolutionize the space-based payload market with innovative and novel designs for space, terrestrial, and airborne environments. Building on more than 20 years of electro-optical and infrared systems innovation from Geost, Rocket Lab Optical Systems delivers solutions to the warfighter for responsive, scalable sensing solutions across all orbital domains. As a Senior Firmware Engineer II for Rocket Lab Optical Systems in Chantilly, VA, you will have the opportunity to support Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency's Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture by designing FPGAs for advanced electro-optical space payloads.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or equivalent discipline
8+ years of experience in writing FPGA firmware from scratch in VHDL
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with Xilinx/AMD Versal architecture
Experience with FPGAs and embedded systems in a radiation environment, including SEU/SEL impact and mitigation
Experience in FPGA- or ASIC-based image processing algorithms
Experience in both creating IP from scratch in RTL and integrating existing IP into RTL and block designs
Familiarity with C, Python or MATLAB and/or experience translating algorithms from a scripted language to HDL
Experience with software interfaces including interrupts and DMA
Experience with DDR4, Aurora, and high-speed transceiver design and verification
Familiarity with AXI Stream and AXI Memory Mapped interfaces
PCB design and schematic capture and layout with tools such as Altium Designer

Responsibilities

Work with the hardware design team on requirements.
Complete FPGA logic design, coding, simulation, and testing.
Support hardware and software development teams in bring-up and test of products.
Provide subject-matter expertise regarding design and automated test development procedures to customers and production support team.
Perform research and analysis of data, such as customer proposed specifications, datasheets, or manuals to determine design approach and/or feasibility.
Execute debugging of the design in the lab.
Perform synthesis, implementation, and timing analysis.