Autonomy-Driven Space FPGA Engineer — Equity Eligible

Inflection Managing Partner, Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity incentives

28 days annual Leave

Medical, dental & vision coverage

Contributory pension

Collaborative multidisciplinary team

Job summary

Lodestar is hiring an Avionics FPGA Engineer to design, implement, and validate advanced avionics architectures for autonomous space platforms. You will work hands-on from concept to hardware testing and on-orbit readiness, collaborating with systems, avionics software and hardware teams to ensure seamless RTL integration.

The role requires SystemVerilog/Verilog proficiency, FPGA experience, and strong debugging skills, with opportunities to contribute to design reviews and qualification

Qualifications

• BEng / MEng in Electrical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in SystemVerilog and/or Verilog, with a solid grasp of RTL design principles.
• Hands-on experience with at least one FPGA family or ecosystem
• Familiarity with common digital interfaces and protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)
• Experience with simulation and formal verification
• Experience dealing with clock domain crossings, static timing analysis and timing closure.
• Comfort scripting for automation, ideally in Python and/or TCL.
• Hands on experience with lab test equipment including oscilloscopes, logic analysers, and power supplies.
• Clear communication and a proactive, curious approach to picking up new tools and ideas.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and verify RTL in SystemVerilog and/or Verilog for FPGA and SoC targets.
• Bring up and integrate SerDes interfaces and memory interfaces.
• Develop testbenches and formal proofs to ensure module and system level correctness
• Conduct hardware debugging and system level testing using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, and other lab instrumentation.
• Collaborate closely with systems, avionics software and hardware teams to ensure seamless integration of RTL designs into flight systems.
• Contribute to design documentation, test plans, and the evidence needed for design reviews, and support environmental qualification and verification testing (EMC, vibration, thermal vacuum, etc.)

Skills

SystemVerilog

Verilog

FPGA design

Python scripting

TCL scripting

Formal verification

Clock domain crossings

RTL design

Debugging

Communication

Education

BEng/MEng in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Microchip FPGAs

Oscilloscopes

Logic analysers

Power supplies

PCB design (high speed)

Job description

Lodestar is hiring an Avionics FPGA Engineer to design, implement, and validate advanced avionics architectures for autonomous space platforms. You will work hands-on from concept to hardware testing and on-orbit readiness, collaborating with systems, avionics software and hardware teams to ensure seamless RTL integration.

The role requires SystemVerilog/Verilog proficiency, FPGA experience, and strong debugging skills, with opportunities to contribute to design reviews and qualification