True Anomaly
Staff Electrical Engineer, FPGA Development
$175K–$265K
Long Beach, CA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Mar 26, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of professional FPGA design experience; staff- or principal-level contributions required.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field; Master's preferred.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations under ITAR; must be able to maintain or obtain TS//SCI clearance.
About the job
Defines cross-team FPGA architecture and leads development of real-time image-processing and high-speed Ethernet systems for spacecraft avionics and payloads.
What you'll do
- Own common FPGA architectures, interface and reliability standards, component qualification strategy, and reusable verification methods across programs.
- Lead real-time FPGA image-processing pipeline development and design high-speed Ethernet interfaces, including MAC/PHY integration and Layer 2 switching.
- Coordinate multi-project delivery, advise on system-level avionics trade-offs, and coach engineers across teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years of professional FPGA design experience, with demonstrated staff- or principal-level contributions.
- Deep expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog, FPGA synthesis flows, and multi-clock domain design; experience designing real-time image-processing pipelines in FPGA fabric.
- Experience designing high-speed Ethernet interfaces, including MAC/PHY integration and Layer 2 Ethernet switch development; ability to architect cross-team solutions and drive program-level delivery.
Nice to have
- Master's degree.
- Experience with space-qualified or radiation-hardened FPGA families, FPGA computer vision, SpaceWire/PCIe/embedded bus protocols, C/C++/Python, or a fast-paced startup environment.
Pay
$175,000-$265,000 USD base salary
Tools
VHDL, Verilog, PolarFire, ProASIC3, SmartFusion2, SpaceWire, PCIe, Python
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