FPGA Engineer — Satellite Gateware & RTL Expert

Blackshark; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Aerospacelab in Toulouse is seeking a talented FPGA Engineer to contribute to RTL design and validation for FPGA-based units in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

You will work with EE engineers and embedded software, tackle signal and image processing challenges, and help build state-of-the-art gateware that performs in orbit. The role involves close collaboration across hardware and software teams to deliver reliable FPGA solutions.

Qualifications

• Master or PhD in Computer, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering or equivalent.
• Knowledge of RTL programming languages (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog).
• Knowledge of C and Python.
• Experience with version control.
• Understanding of the FPGA design flow (synthesis, place & route, etc.).
• Understanding of software and hardware interactions.
• Excellent verbal and written skills to interact across teams.
• Comfortable in a lab environment with power supplies, oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzer.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and define the FPGA design architecture based on system requirements.
• Design, simulate, integrate and test RTL-code.
• Write and test software driver code.
• Write technical documentation, testbenches and on-target test procedures.
• Interacting with other engineering teams (EE, RF, Operations teams, Embedded Software, etc.)

Skills

VHDL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

C

Python

Version control

FPGA design flow

Software-hardware interaction

English

Education

Master or PhD in Computer, Electronics or Mechatronics Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Questasim

Makefile

Python

TCL

GitLab

Docker

Job description

Aerospacelab in Toulouse is seeking a talented FPGA Engineer to contribute to RTL design and validation for FPGA-based units in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

You will work with EE engineers and embedded software, tackle signal and image processing challenges, and help build state-of-the-art gateware that performs in orbit. The role involves close collaboration across hardware and software teams to deliver reliable FPGA solutions.