Impulse Space
FPGA Engineer
$125K–$170K
Redondo Beach, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years of professional FPGA development experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, math, or another engineering discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. Persons or eligible to obtain an export license from applicable U.S. government agencies.
About the job
Accelerates satellite communication protocols and algorithms into high-throughput FPGA blocks for spacecraft and ground systems.
What you'll do
- Design and implement satellite modem layers, from DSP blocks to network protocols.
- Analyze timing and resource requirements for RF products and build end-to-end test harnesses integrated with CI/CD.
- Develop high-performance libraries with RF software engineers to bridge FPGA and SoC applications.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, math, or another engineering discipline.
- 2+ years of professional FPGA development experience.
- Experience using Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
- Experience developing for Xilinx FPGA/SOC products.
Nice to have
- Experience with Xilinx Vivado and Petalinux tooling; DSP fundamentals such as filters and PLLs.
- Satellite communications knowledge, embedded C or C++ development, FPGA test benching, or familiarity with DVB-S2X and CCSDS.
Pay
$125,000 - $170,000 / year (USD; base salary)
Tools
Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL, Xilinx FPGA/SOC, Xilinx Vivado, Petalinux, C++, C
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