Senior FPGA Engineer: High-Power Spacecraft RTL & Verification

K2 Space Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking an FPGA-focused firmware engineer to develop and verify FPGA architectures for spacecraft systems. You will write RTL in VHDL/SystemVerilog, implement fault-tolerant strategies, and work with RTL, GNC, and test teams to ensure robust flight software up to the spacecraft level.

In this role you will contribute across the FPGA stack, from flight computer interfaces to high-speed data routing, and you will validate designs using software and hardware-in-the-loop simulators

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline or 3+ years of software/firmware experience.
• 3+ years working with complex FPGA designs spanning digital, mixed-signal or RF applications.
• Development experience with VHDL or SystemVerilog.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture and implementation of programmable logic systems across spacecraft subsystems.
• Implement RTL using VHDL and SystemVerilog.
• Verify FPGA designs via simulation, bench-testing, and Hardware-In-The-Loop testing.

Skills

HDL programming

VHDL

SystemVerilog

FPGA design

C++/Rust

RTOS

Python scripting

Linux basics

CI/CD

DSP basics

AXI/AXI-Stream

IP integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Xilinx SoC platforms

Job description

K2 Space is seeking an FPGA-focused firmware engineer to develop and verify FPGA architectures for spacecraft systems. You will write RTL in VHDL/SystemVerilog, implement fault-tolerant strategies, and work with RTL, GNC, and test teams to ensure robust flight software up to the spacecraft level.

In this role you will contribute across the FPGA stack, from flight computer interfaces to high-speed data routing, and you will validate designs using software and hardware-in-the-loop simulators