CesiumAstro
Senior Staff FPGA Engineer
$193K–$236K
El Segundo, CA · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- 12 years of industry or university research experience.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Leads FPGA architecture, design, verification, and deployment for space-based programs, while providing technical leadership and mentoring.
What you'll do
- Lead FPGA design and verification for space programs and ensure compliance with industry standards and program requirements.
- Define FPGA architecture, partitioning, interfaces, specifications, part selections, and SWAP-C estimates with cross-functional teams.
- Present design reviews, contribute to proposals, mentor junior designers, and guide future product development.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science or Master of Science 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 environment considerations, high-speed interfaces, and deployed space-program designs.
Nice to have
- Experience with worst-case, failure method and criticality, or reliability analysis; digital communications or digital signal processing; or board-level hardware design.
- Proficiency with git source code control or experience developing firmware using agile flows.
Pay
USD 193,000–236,000 per-year-salary
Tools
VHDL, Verilog, Xilinx Versal, Xilinx UltraScale+, Xilinx RFSoC, Micorsemi PolarFire, RTG-4, Modelsim RTL simulation tools
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative