Impulse Space
Senior FPGA Engineer
$145K–$200K
Redondo Beach, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 5+ years in the optical communications field; preferred: 3+ years implementing DSP algorithms in hardware and 3+ years with advanced communication systems or signal-processing architectures.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, or related technical 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
Designs, verifies, and integrates high-performance FPGA logic for communication and processing systems in Impulse Space vehicles.
What you'll do
- Develop and optimize FPGA designs, data paths, interfaces, and clocking.
- Verify designs with self-checking testbenches and debug hardware in the lab.
- Collaborate with DSP, systems, and software teams on hardware architectures and algorithm implementation.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in the optical communications field.
- Expertise in VHDL or Verilog, high-speed digital design, timing closure, and parallel data paths.
- Experience with AXI4/AXI-Stream, Xilinx and Intel/Altera toolchains, FPGA clocking, verification, and lab debugging.
Nice to have
- 3+ years implementing DSP algorithms in hardware and 3+ years with advanced communication systems or signal-processing architectures.
- Familiarity with MATLAB/Simulink for algorithm modeling and hardware mapping.
Pay
$145,000 - $200,000 / year (base salary)
Tools
VHDL, Verilog, AXI4/AXI-Stream, Xilinx (Vivado), Intel/Altera (Quartus), PLL, MMCM, MATLAB/Simulink
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