Senior FPGA Engineer for Space Hardware | Stock Options

CesiumAstro; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

HSA

FSA

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plans

Job summary

CesiumAstro in Melbourne, FL seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer to design, verify, and deploy FPGA-based hardware for satellites and aerospace platforms. You will work across HDL, verification, and test, contributing to high-speed data paths and clock domains in a startup-like environment.

You will present design reviews to customers and leadership, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university.
• 5 years of industry or university research experience in FPGA systems at the HDL level.
• Expertise in FPGA design and verification (Verilog/VHDL, HDL coder, Xilinx Vivado, Modelsim).
• Hands-on experience with lab instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, vector signal analyzers.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, verify, and deploy FPGA circuits through all development phases.
• Develop high-speed interfaces, data streams, and clock-domain crossing solutions.
• Present engineering design reviews to customers and executives; contribute to proposals.
• Support testing, validation, and debugging; collaborate with teammates across disciplines.

Skills

FPGA design

HDL coding

Xilinx Vivado

ModelSim

Lab instruments

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Verilog/VHDL

HDL coder

Vivado

Modelsim

Job description

CesiumAstro in Melbourne, FL seeks a Senior FPGA Engineer to design, verify, and deploy FPGA-based hardware for satellites and aerospace platforms. You will work across HDL, verification, and test, contributing to high-speed data paths and clock domains in a startup-like environment.

You will present design reviews to customers and leadership, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and mentor junior engineers.