FPGA Digital Design Engineer (Fully Remote)

Kepler Communications Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 93,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Accommodation during recruitment

Job summary

Kepler Communications seeks an experienced FPGA design engineer to craft FPGA code for satellite digital payloads and DSP-based software-defined radio interfaces. You will drive DSP-oriented FPGA implementations and interfacing with processors and peripherals.

You will participate in all stages of the FPGA design flow—from simulation to hardware testing—while ensuring timing closure and robust verification for space-grade hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with 5+ years of FPGA/RTL design experience.
• Proficiency in Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL, and experience with Xilinx FPGAs (Zynq, UltraScale).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Tcl, csh/bash) and experience with FPGA tools (Vivado, Quartus) and simulation tools (ModelSim).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement FPGA code for satellite digital payloads, focusing on DSP algorithms for software-defined radio or embedded systems interfacing with processors and peripherals.
• Participate in all phases of FPGA design flow including simulation, synthesis, place & route, timing closure, and hardware testing.

Skills

FPGA/RTL design

DSP algorithms

Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL

Python scripting

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering

Tools

Vivado

Quartus

ModelSim

Job description

• Design and implement FPGA code for satellite digital payloads, focusing on DSP algorithms for software-defined radio or embedded systems interfacing with processors and peripherals.
• Participate in all phases of FPGA design flow including simulation, synthesis, place & route, timing closure, and hardware testing.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with 5+ years of FPGA/RTL design experience.
• Proficiency in Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL, and experience with Xilinx FPGAs (Zynq, UltraScale).
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Tcl, csh/bash) and experience with FPGA tools (Vivado, Quartus) and simulation tools (ModelSim).

Bonus Points:

• Experience with coherent digital demodulation (BPSK, QPSK, QAM) or memory-mapped interfaces (AXI, Wishbone, Avalon).
• Experience with high-speed transceivers (JESD204B, PCIe, SATA) or Xilinx Versal/RFSoC.

Salary and Compensation:

• Salary range of CAD 131,000 - 181,000 per year, with total compensation determined based on experience, skills, and education.
• Kepler welcomes applications from all qualified individuals and provides accommodation upon request during recruitment.

Kepler Communications

Kepler operates the first commercial optical data relay constellation, enabling real-time, continuous space communications while supporting advanced on-orbit compute and hosted payload capabilities. With 33 satellites launched to date, Kepler is a dedicated team of engineers building the next generation of spacecraft in an innovative and inclusive environment.