Senior FPGA Architect for Spaceflight Instruments

CU Boulder; Boulder (CO); On-site; USD 146,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CU Boulder’s LASP is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer IV to lead flight digital logic across missions; a senior technical leader driving requirements, RTL, verification, and hardware bring-up. You will mentor engineers, define baselines, and coordinate with cross-disciplinary teams, delivering flight-ready FPGA solutions for DAPHNE, DUSTER, EMA and CubeSat programs.

Due to export-control requirements, only U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated hands-on FPGA/ASIC development with technical leadership.
• Expert proficiency in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog for synthesizable designs.
• Experience with FPGA implementation flows and timing analysis.

Responsibilities

• Serve as FPGA technical lead or architect for complex flight instruments and spacecraft.
• Translate mission objectives into FPGA architectures and verification strategies.
• Own and maintain the FPGA technical baseline including constraints and verification evidence.
• Lead design reviews, assess risks, and document decisions and actions.
• Be hands-on through hardware bring-up, environmental testing, and integration.
• Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams on hardware and software co-design.

Skills

FPGA design

Technical leadership

Mentoring

RTL verification

VHDL

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

Verilog

SystemVerilog

VHDL

RTL design tools

Job description

CU Boulder’s LASP is seeking an FPGA Design Engineer IV to lead flight digital logic across missions; a senior technical leader driving requirements, RTL, verification, and hardware bring-up. You will mentor engineers, define baselines, and coordinate with cross-disciplinary teams, delivering flight-ready FPGA solutions for DAPHNE, DUSTER, EMA and CubeSat programs.

Due to export-control requirements, only U.S.