Space & Defense FPGA Engineer – Relocation to Spain

Steneg & Partners; Comunidad de Madrid; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Steneg & Partners seeks an FPGA Engineer to design and verify RTL architectures for space, aerospace and defence projects. You will translate requirements into robust digital hardware, implement synthesizable RTL and perform on-target validation in a mission-critical environment.

The role emphasizes VHDL/Verilog development, FPGA integration with AXI interfaces, and scripting within Xilinx Vivado toolchains, with a focus on high-reliability electronics.

Qualifications

• University degree in Electronics, Telecommunications, Computer Engineering or closely related technical discipline.
• Demonstrable professional experience in FPGA design and digital hardware development.
• Advanced knowledge of synthesizable VHDL or Verilog.
• Experience developing and verifying digital circuits using VHDL testbenches and simulation tools.
• Experience with Xilinx FPGA families such as Zynq or UltraScale+.
• Solid understanding of digital architectures, FPGA implementation flows and hardware debugging.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement synthesizable RTL architectures using VHDL or Verilog.
• Develop FPGA-based digital solutions for embedded, communications or mission-critical electronic systems.
• Translate technical and system-level requirements into detailed digital hardware architectures and implementation plans.
• Develop testbenches and perform functional verification using simulation environments such as ModelSim or equivalent tools.
• Execute on-target FPGA verification, debugging and validation using appropriate laboratory and development tools.
• Analyze design behaviour, timing, resource utilization and functional performance, identifying and resolving implementation issues.
• Integrate FPGA designs within complex electronic systems and embedded platforms.
• Develop and integrate custom IP cores and digital interfaces.
• Work with communication buses and interfaces such as AXI4-Lite, AXI Memory-Mapped and AXI-Stream.
• Work with FPGA development environments such as Xilinx Vivado and related toolchains.
• Use debugging and instrumentation tools such as Chipscope or equivalent solutions.
• Develop TCL, XSCT or similar scripts to automate development, verification and integration activities.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

Verilog

digital hardware

hardware debugging

signal processing

cryptographic algorithms

Python automation

Education

Electronics/Telecommunications/Computer Engineering degree

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Chipscope

ModelSim

XSCT

AXI4-Lite

AXI-Memory-Mapped

AXI-Stream

Job description

Steneg & Partners seeks an FPGA Engineer to design and verify RTL architectures for space, aerospace and defence projects. You will translate requirements into robust digital hardware, implement synthesizable RTL and perform on-target validation in a mission-critical environment.

The role emphasizes VHDL/Verilog development, FPGA integration with AXI interfaces, and scripting within Xilinx Vivado toolchains, with a focus on high-reliability electronics.