FPGA Engineering Manager

voyagertechnologiesinc; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Voyager Technologies in San Diego, CA is seeking an FPGA Engineering Manager to lead a four-person team and contribute directly to FPGA design for space communications systems. The role blends hands-on engineering with people leadership, ensuring projects stay on schedule and within budget.

You'll guide resource allocations, mentor engineers, and review proposals while coordinating with the VP of Product Design. 100% onsite position with US citizenship and security clearance required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years of experience delivering complex, high-speed FPGA designs.
• US citizenship and ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test FPGA designs for space communication systems.
• Architect solutions against requirements for various FPGA technologies or platforms.
• Oversee day-to-day operations of the four-person team and project execution.
• Support design reviews with documentation and ensure resources are allocated efficiently.
• Review proposals and contracts focusing on SOW and data requirements.

Skills

FPGA design

High-speed algorithms

Leadership experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent

Tools

FPGA tooling (Xilinx, Microsemi RTG4)

Job description

Forge the Future: Join Voyager Technologies

Voyager is an innovative space, defense, and national security technology company committed to advancing and delivering transformative, mission-critical solutions. We tackle the most complex challenges to unlock new frontiers for human progress, fortify national security, and protect critical assets to lead in the race for technological and operational superiority from ground to space.

The future belongs to those who build it. At Voyager Technologies, we're building technologies that protect lives, expand frontiers and prepare us for what's next. And we're doing that with people who are wired to solve, build, adapt and lead. These roles are not for the faint of heart.

You’ll help lay the foundation for humanity's future. Join a culture where innovation thrives, curiosity is rewarded, and impact is real. We're a company of doers, thinkers and builders, united by purpose and grounded in reality.

If you want to put your skills to work where the stakes are real and the mission is bigger than any one person, forge the future with Voyager.

The FPGA Engineering Manager for our Products line is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the engineering team, for assigning engineering resources, and ensuring that projects are completed on time and within budget. This is a hands‑on technical leadership opportunity for an experienced FPGA engineer ready to lead a team while staying close to the technology. You'll guide engineering execution, mentor team members, and help allocate resources while spending at least 50% of your time contributing directly to FPGA design, integration, and test for space communications systems. Direct people‑management experience is helpful but not required; we welcome technical leads and senior engineers with demonstrated leadership experience.

The position reports to the VP of Product Design and is part of the Engineering department based in San Diego, CA. This role is 100% onsite.

Essential Functions

• Design, develop and test FPGA designs for space communication systems, including but not limited to, resampling, filtering, mixing and error correction coding
• Assist in architecting solutions against requirements and implementing those solutions in various FPGA technologies or platforms
• Optimize FPGA designs for speed, performance and resource utilization and conducting thorough testing and validation
• Oversee the day‑to‑day operations of the engineering team of four and the development and execution of projects
• Support internal and external design and development reviews with related documentation
• Assist in project resource allocations overseeing that engineers are efficiently allocated and have a balanced workload
• Participate in proposals and trade studies, including evaluating contractor and subcontractor proposals for technical feasibility.
• Review contract/proposals/opportunities, with emphasis on SOW, technical requirements, data requirements and statement of compliance before acceptance and transfer it to the engineering team after acceptance
• Structured guidance for individual contributors stepping into their first leadership role

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• 7+ years of industry experience implementing complex, high speed, FPGA designs of high-throughput algorithms
• Previous experience with FPGA design, integration, & test (preferably with Xilinx and Microsemi RTG4)
• Must be a U.S. citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance at the level required for the position and applicable government contract. The position also requires appropriate access eligibility and a need‑to‑know. Clearance eligibility is determined by the U.S. Government.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading high performing technical teams and mentoring engineers
• Experience in the design of qualified FPGA/hardware for space.
• Experience leading high performing technical teams and mentoring engineers
• Experience leading high performing technical teams and mentoring engineers
• Relevant experience engaging government and commercial customers to advance projects and initiatives at varying degrees of complexity through engineering management

Travel, Physical and/or Government Mandated Requirements

The good faith base salary range for this role is $ 200,000 - 265,000 at the time of this posting. Where you fall within the range depends on your experience, skills, and location. This range reflects base salary only and does not include benefits or bonus/incentive.