CesiumAstro
Senior Staff FPGA Engineer
$184K–$225K
Westminster, CO · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- 12 years of industry or university research experience.
- Education
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university or institution.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Leads FPGA architecture, design, verification, testing, and deployment for space-based programs, while supporting design reviews and mentoring engineers.
What you'll do
- Lead FPGA design and verification for space programs and ensure compliance with standards and requirements.
- Collaborate across engineering teams to define architecture, interfaces, specifications, part selections, and SWAP-C estimates.
- Present design reviews, mentor junior designers, and contribute to proposals and future product development.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- 12 years of industry or university research experience designing, analyzing, and implementing HDL-level FPGA systems.
- Proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog, FPGA implementation and verification, and the stated FPGA tool flows.
- Experience with radiation-tolerant FPGA devices, space-environment radiation considerations, lab instruments, high-speed interfaces, and power optimization.
Nice to have
- Experience with reliability analysis, digital communications or signal processing, or board-level hardware design.
- Proficiency with git source code control or experience with agile firmware development.
Pay
USD 184,000–225,000 (per-year-salary) (base salary)
Tools
VHDL, Verilog, Xilinx Versal, Xilinx UltraScale+, Xilinx RFSoC, Micorsemi PolarFire, RTG-4, Modelsim RTL
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