CubeSat FPGA Engineer: Space-Grade RTL & SoC Integration

Jobspage; Çankaya; On-site; TRY 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Fuel support

Tuition assistance

Professional growth

Collaborative culture

Desirable location

Job summary

Jobspage is seeking an FPGA Engineer to design, implement, and validate CubeSat payload FPGA architectures. You will work across RTL/IP, block designs, high-speed interfaces, and embedded Linux in a space-qualified system context.

The role collaborates with RF, DSP, software, and hardware teams to deliver flight-ready payload functionality under power, thermal, and radiation constraints. Candidates should have 2+ years FPGA experience and a strong Zynq background.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years of professional FPGA development experience (space or high-reliability systems preferred).
• Strong experience with Xilinx Zynq / Zynq Ultrascale+ architecture.
• Solid RTL development experience (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog).
• Experience integrating and debugging complex block designs in Vivado.
• Working knowledge of Yocto/PetaLinux, device trees, and embedded Linux build systems.
• Experience with JESD204B, high-speed transceivers (GTH/GTY), and multi-gigabit data paths.
• Experience with AXI-based architectures, DMA engines, and cache-coherent memory systems.
• Understanding of supervisory and fault-tolerant digital architectures (watchdogs, reset logic).
• Basic DSP knowledge (FFT, IQ signals, filtering, spectral processing).
• Experience using lab tools (oscilloscope, logic analyzer, protocol analyzers) for bring-up and debugging.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement FPGA architectures for CubeSat payloads using Xilinx Zynq / Zynq Ultrascale+ MPSoC platforms.
• Develop custom RTL (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog) IP cores and integrate third-party/IP into block designs.
• Architect data pipelines from high-speed interfaces to memory and processor subsystems.
• Implement robust supervisory logic (watchdogs, heartbeat monitors, fault recovery state machines).
• Perform timing closure, resource optimization, power budgeting, and constraint management.

Skills

RTL design

FPGA development

VHDL/Verilog

SystemVerilog

embedded Linux

debugging

lab tools

CI/CD

space qualification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Vivado

Yocto/PetaLinux

Xilinx Zynq

GTH/GTY

JESD204B

SpaceWire

ILA/VIO

AXI-DMA

Job description

Jobspage is seeking an FPGA Engineer to design, implement, and validate CubeSat payload FPGA architectures. You will work across RTL/IP, block designs, high-speed interfaces, and embedded Linux in a space-qualified system context.

The role collaborates with RF, DSP, software, and hardware teams to deliver flight-ready payload functionality under power, thermal, and radiation constraints. Candidates should have 2+ years FPGA experience and a strong Zynq background.