CesiumAstro
Senior Staff FPGA Engineer
Austin, TX · 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 or 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 guiding engineers and contributing to customer design reviews and proposals.
What you'll do
- Lead FPGA design and verification for space programs and ensure compliance with standards and program requirements.
- Define FPGA architecture and interfaces with cross-functional teams; estimate part selection, utilization, SWAP-C, and power.
- Present at 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 FPGA systems at the HDL level.
- Proficiency in VHDL and/or Verilog; expertise in FPGA implementation and verification.
- Experience with radiation-tolerant FPGA devices, space radiation considerations, lab instruments, and high-speed interfaces.
Nice to have
- Experience with reliability analysis, digital communications or signal processing, or board-level hardware design.
- Proficiency with git or experience developing firmware using agile flows.
Tools
VHDL, Verilog, Xilinx Versal, Xilinx UltraScale+, Xilinx RFSoC, Micorsemi PolarFire, RTG-4, Modelsim RTL
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