Lead FPGA Engineer — Space Avionics, Remote & Equity

Venturi Astrolab, Inc.; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Flexible PTO

Remote-friendly

Job summary

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. in Hawthorne, California, is seeking a Lead FPGA Engineer to head the Avionics FPGA team and drive RTL design for rover hardware.

The role reports to the Director of Avionics Engineering and requires 10+ years in FPGA firmware development, RTL, verification, and hardware testing. You will own architectures, mentor a 3+ person team, collaborate across disciplines, and deliver space-grade FPGA solutions in Verilog or VHDL, with experience in Microsemi or Xilinx devices and

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of FPGA RTL architecture, development, verification, deployment, and maintenance.
• 2+ years of team leadership experience as manager of direct reports.
• Proficiency with Verilog or VHDL.
• Proficiency in AXI protocols.
• Familiarity with DDR4, SPI, I2C, UART interfaces.
• Understanding of PCB designs and reading schematics.
• Understanding of embedded software.
• Strong verification techniques and timing analysis.
• Experience with space environments and radiation mitigations.

Responsibilities

• Own and define the vehicle system FPGA related architectures, standards, practices, processes, tools, etc.
• Develop system digital computing architectures and requirements in collaboration with other engineering disciplines including defining HW/SW interfaces between fabric logic and processing subsystems.
• Lead the FPGA Engineering team of 3+ people in the development and delivery of Astrolab FPGA RTL design and verification.
• Support FPGA Engineering direct reports through their technical work, performance evaluations, and career growth.
• Own unit level RTL development from blank sheet to flight for Microsemi, Xilinx, or other FPGA or SoC devices in either Verilog or VHDL.
• Perform design verification including simulations, test benches, timing analysis, and hardware testing.
• Lead design reviews, demonstrate requirement traceability, and create documentation for FPGA operation and interfacing with other SW and FPGA systems.
• Lead and participate in test campaigns ranging from unit level manual tests, unit automated tests, and system level tests.
• Design for space environments including radiation impacts and mitigations.

Skills

RTL architecture

Verilog

VHDL

FPGA

Python

AXI protocols

Team leadership

Timing analysis

Education

BSc in Computer/Electrical Eng

Tools

DDR4

SPI

I2C

UART

Job description

Venturi Astrolab, Inc. in Hawthorne, California, is seeking a Lead FPGA Engineer to head the Avionics FPGA team and drive RTL design for rover hardware.

The role reports to the Director of Avionics Engineering and requires 10+ years in FPGA firmware development, RTL, verification, and hardware testing. You will own architectures, mentor a 3+ person team, collaborate across disciplines, and deliver space-grade FPGA solutions in Verilog or VHDL, with experience in Microsemi or Xilinx devices and