True Anomaly
Senior Electrical Engineer, FPGA Development
$150K–$220K
Long Beach, CA · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional experience in FPGA design and development.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Ability to maintain or obtain TS//SCI clearance.
About the job
Leads end-to-end development and verification of reliable, radiation-tolerant FPGA systems for spacecraft, from requirements and architecture through integration and on-orbit support.
What you'll do
- Architect, implement, simulate, synthesize, and integrate FPGA systems, including high-speed interfaces and multi-board digital backplanes.
- Lead subsystem verification and FPGA-to-CPU/SoC interface design, coordinating with embedded software, avionics, and test teams.
- Guide cross-team delivery, maintain technical documentation, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years of professional experience in FPGA design and development.
- Deep expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog and FPGA synthesis flows.
- Experience with FPGA Ethernet interfaces and Layer 2 switch development, plus radiation mitigation techniques for space-grade digital logic.
Nice to have
- Spacecraft FPGA development or space-qualified/radiation-hardened devices; SpaceWire familiarity.
- Signal integrity or high-speed digital design; C, C++, or Python; schematic capture tools such as Altium Designer.
Pay
$150,000-$220,000 USD base salary
Tools
VHDL, Verilog, ModelSim, QuestaSim, PCIe, SPI, I2C, UART
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