K2 Space
Senior FPGA Engineer
$120K–$225K
Seattle, WA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jun 30, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, WA
Seattle, Washington, United States - Experience
- 3+ years working with complex FPGA designs; alternatively, 3+ years of professional software development experience for the education requirement.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline, or 3+ years of professional experience in software development.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. person as defined by ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Develops and verifies mission-critical FPGA firmware and programmable logic for spacecraft systems, from architecture through integration and testing.
What you'll do
- Architect and implement spacecraft programmable logic for networking, RF, and real-time subsystem control using RTL.
- Verify FPGA designs through simulation, bench testing, and Hardware In The Loop testbeds.
- Support FPGA integration, testing, troubleshooting, and development of tools and infrastructure.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline, or 3+ years of professional experience in software development.
- 3+ years working with complex FPGA designs spanning digital, mixed signal, or RF applications.
- Development experience with VHDL or SystemVerilog.
Nice to have
- Experience with Xilinx SoC platforms, DSP, software-defined radios, or high-speed SERDES interfaces.
- Experience with AXI protocols, vendor IP, scripting, Linux systems programming, CI/CD, or hard real-time embedded systems.
Pay
$120,000 – $225,000 USD base salary
Tools
VHDL, SystemVerilog, Xilinx, Ethernet, PCIe, JESD204C, AXI, AXI-Stream
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