Senior FPGA Engineer - Satellite Comm & High-Speed RTL

GCS Recruitment; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead RTL design for advanced satellite payload hardware. You will build FPGA logic in Verilog/SystemVerilog or VHDL and integrate high‑speed interfaces such as PCIe, JESD204, Aurora and Ethernet. You will own timing closure and perform hardware bring‑up in a lab environment.

The role requires hands‑on debugging, board bring‑up, and close collaboration with electrical, hardware, and systems teams to deliver validated FPGA solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years FPGA/RTL design experience.
• Strong proficiency in Verilog, SystemVerilog or VHDL.
• Hands-on with high-speed transceivers and serial protocols.
• Experience achieving timing closure on complex FPGA designs.
• Lab bring-up, hardware debugging, and hardware validation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement FPGA RTL in Verilog/SystemVerilog or VHDL.
• Develop high-speed interfaces (PCIe, JESD204, Aurora, Ethernet).
• Own timing constraints, clocking, and FPGA performance tuning.
• Bring-up and debug FPGA on new hardware platforms with test equipment.
• Collaborate with board design, hardware validation, and systems teams.
• Troubleshoot FPGA/hardware integration issues through validation.

Skills

FPGA/RTL design

Verilog

SystemVerilog

VHDL

Timing closure

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

JTAG

ILA

ChipScope

Lab validation

Job description

GCS Recruitment is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead RTL design for advanced satellite payload hardware. You will build FPGA logic in Verilog/SystemVerilog or VHDL and integrate high‑speed interfaces such as PCIe, JESD204, Aurora and Ethernet. You will own timing closure and perform hardware bring‑up in a lab environment.

The role requires hands‑on debugging, board bring‑up, and close collaboration with electrical, hardware, and systems teams to deliver validated FPGA solutions.