K2 Space
Senior FPGA Prototyping Engineer
$120K–$225K
United States - Remote +1 · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 11, 2026
- Location
- United States - Remote
Los Angeles - Experience
- 5+ years of FPGA development experience.
- Education
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a “U.S. person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
About the job
Own FPGA prototyping, firmware enablement, first-silicon bring-up, and hardware validation for next-generation communications ASICs.
What you'll do
- Develop FPGA prototypes and hardware platforms for early ASIC integration, firmware development, and system validation; support first-silicon bring-up and debug.
- Build automated validation infrastructure, FPGA traffic generators, protocol checkers, and test applications to validate interfaces and characterize silicon.
- Debug across RTL, firmware, software, FPGA prototypes, and silicon, collaborating with engineering teams on product development.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of FPGA development using Verilog/SystemVerilog and AMD/Xilinx FPGA tools.
- Strong understanding of ASIC development and digital system architecture; experience with FPGA prototyping for ASIC development.
- Experience with firmware/software enablement and hardware bring-up; strong debugging skills with JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.
- Proficiency with Python and scripting for automation and test infrastructure.
Nice to have
- Experience with networking, communications, or satellite systems; embedded processors (ARM or RISC-V); or hard real-time embedded systems.
- Experience validating high-speed digital interfaces, including Ethernet and SerDes protocols, SPI, and UART.
Pay
$120,000 – $225,000 USD base salary
Tools
Verilog, SystemVerilog, AMD/Xilinx FPGA tools, Python, JTAG, Ethernet SerDes, SPI, UART
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