Senior FPGA Engineer – Optical Systems (Space/EO-IR)

Rocketlab; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rocketlab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer II to support the U.S. Space Development Agency's Tranche 3 initiatives. In this role, you will design FPGAs for advanced Electro-Optical (EO/IR) technology, ensuring mission-critical performance for Department of Defense customers.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering, with over 8 years of FPGA firmware design experience, particularly using VHDL. This position also requires the ability to secure a U.S. Government security clearance.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8+ years of experience in relevant field.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
• Experience with Xilinx/AMD Versal architecture is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Work with the hardware design team on requirements.
• Complete FPGA logic design, coding, simulation, and testing.
• Support hardware and software development teams in bring-up and test of products.

Skills

FPGA firmware design with VHDL

Design and automated test development procedures

Technical research and analysis

Debugging design in the lab

FPGA- or ASIC-based image processing algorithms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or electrical engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

Python

MATLAB

C

Job description

Rocketlab in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer II to support the U.S. Space Development Agency's Tranche 3 initiatives. In this role, you will design FPGAs for advanced Electro-Optical (EO/IR) technology, ensuring mission-critical performance for Department of Defense customers.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering, with over 8 years of FPGA firmware design experience, particularly using VHDL. This position also requires the ability to secure a U.S. Government security clearance.