Muon Space
Senior FPGA Engineer, Networking & Security
$213K–$237K
San Jose, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 5+ years of professional FPGA engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Requires eligibility to access export-controlled information as a U.S. person, eligibility to access without export authorization, or eligibility and reasonable likelihood of obtaining required export authorization. Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance is required; active clearance is a plus.
About the job
Designs and implements spacecraft FPGA networking and security architecture, including network fabrics, encryption, and high-speed links.
What you'll do
- Define and build onboard switching, routing, encryption, and security capabilities.
- Design FPGA network fabrics and links; integrate Ethernet, FEC, and customer payloads.
- Coordinate architecture with compute, electrical engineering, and payload teams, and publish technical white papers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field and 5+ years of professional FPGA engineering experience specializing in networking, cryptography, security, or high-speed I/O.
- Hands-on Ethernet, link aggregation, and signal-integrity experience, particularly at higher direct attached copper (DAC) lane rates.
- Practical hardware or firmware cryptography experience with AES, AES-GCM, ECC, IPSec/VPN handshakes, and familiarity with PQC; working knowledge of FEC, particularly Reed-Solomon.
- Experience with network packet flows and security functions in embedded or FPGA systems; strong HDL/RTL skills and modern FPGA verification familiarity.
Nice to have
- Experience with spacecraft networks, FPGA NoC fabrics, or space-grade/rad-tolerant FPGA platforms.
- Spacecraft avionics or secure space-to-ground link experience; standards, open-source cryptography, or research contributions.
Pay
$213,000 - $237,000 USD base salary
Tools
FPGA, Ethernet, AES, AES-GCM, ECC, IPSec/VPN, PQC, Reed-Solomon
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