Senior FPGA Design Engineer – PolarFire, Space Applications

Cedarparktexasedc; Cedar Park (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan (medical)

Dental plan

Vision plan

Parental leave

Educational reimbursement

Short-term disability

Flexible PTO

Job summary

Firefly Aerospace is seeking an experienced FPGA RTL Design Engineer to design, implement, verify, and optimize custom digital logic in the FPGA fabric of Microchip PolarFire SoCs for high-reliability embedded systems.

Responsibilities include RTL development, synthesis, timing closure, testbench creation, and integration of custom IP blocks with the RISC‑V processor subsystem. This is a hardware design role with hands-on RTL through FPGA implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field.
• 3–5 years of professional RTL design experience using Verilog for FPGAs.
• Experience with full FPGA design flow: RTL coding, simulation, synthesis, place-and-route, and timing analysis.
• Proficiency with Xilinx Vivado or Intel Quartus.
• Knowledge of synchronous design, clock domain crossing, FSMs, and timing optimization.
• Preferred: Microchip Libero SoC.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and verify FPGA logic for Microchip PolarFire SoCs, including programmable logic, DSP blocks, and high-speed interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, SERDES).
• Create and optimize IP cores and custom peripherals/accelerators for PolarFire architecture.
• Integrate FPGA firmware with embedded processors (RISC‑V) and collaborate with software teams for BSPs and Linux drivers.
• Build RTL verification environments with testbenches using UVM methodologies.
• Perform functional verification, simulation, regression testing, and coverage analysis.
• Conduct synthesis, place-and-route, timing analysis, and debugging using Libero SoC and analysis tools.
• Develop radiation-tolerant and fault-tolerant designs for space-grade applications.
• Develop automated test benches and CI pipelines for verification and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Contribute to system architecture, security, and real-time processing requirements.
• Participate in code reviews and documentation, staying updated on FPGA technologies.

Skills

RTL design

Verilog

FPGA design flow

Synchronous design

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related field

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

Microchip Libero SoC

Job description

Firefly Aerospace is seeking an experienced FPGA RTL Design Engineer to design, implement, verify, and optimize custom digital logic in the FPGA fabric of Microchip PolarFire SoCs for high-reliability embedded systems.

Responsibilities include RTL development, synthesis, timing closure, testbench creation, and integration of custom IP blocks with the RISC‑V processor subsystem. This is a hardware design role with hands-on RTL through FPGA implementation.