Senior FPGA Engineer - Space-Grade Design & SoC IP

Macdonald, Dettwiler And Associates Corporation; East Hagbourne; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Private healthcare

Disability income protection

Life insurance

Pension plan

Employee assistance program

Job summary

MDA Space is seeking an FPGA Engineer to join our UK team. You will work within a multi-disciplinary group to develop satellite telecom payloads, verify FPGAs for space and high reliability, and drive architecture and design across Microchip FPGAs for space missions.

The role requires deep FPGA expertise, VHDL and SystemVerilog proficiency, and experience with industry tools; leadership on complex projects is preferred. Hybrid work options apply in the UK.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of FPGA engineering experience in space or high-reliability sectors.
• Strong FPGA expertise for space applications (VHDL/SystemVerilog).
• Experience with FPGA design tools: Vivado, ModelSim, Libero.
• Leadership on complex FPGA projects; advantageous: high-reliability design, space payloads, signal integrity.

Responsibilities

• Work in a multi-disciplinary team developing satellite telecom payloads.
• Flow down subsystem requirements to FPGA components.
• Perform FPGA verification for high reliability/space systems.
• Architect, design and implement complex FPGA designs for space applications.
• Develop IP blocks for AMD SoCs.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL

SystemVerilog

DSP

Digital communications

Leadership

Tools

Vivado

ModelSim

Libero

Job description

MDA Space is seeking an FPGA Engineer to join our UK team. You will work within a multi-disciplinary group to develop satellite telecom payloads, verify FPGAs for space and high reliability, and drive architecture and design across Microchip FPGAs for space missions.

The role requires deep FPGA expertise, VHDL and SystemVerilog proficiency, and experience with industry tools; leadership on complex projects is preferred. Hybrid work options apply in the UK.