Senior FPGA Engineer — Space/Satellite SoC

Owen Daniels; Arizona; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance and benefits

3 weeks vacation + holidays

Sick leave and personal time

Job summary

Owen Daniels in Arizona seeks an experienced FPGA Engineer to lead the design, development and debugging of complex FPGA SoC systems for satellite communications. You will integrate IPs, perform high‑performance RTL development and build user-space drivers/firmware.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, 5+ years in digital FPGA/ASIC design, Proficiency with ModelSim/QuestaSim, and experience with AXI/AMBA interfaces and embedded Linux.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Equivalent.
• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Digital design with FPGA/ASIC SoC design experience.
• Strong FPGA Implementation with Altera Quartus, Xilinx Vivado.
• Familiarity with FPGA simulation tools - ModelSim, QuestaSim.
• Experience designing/debugging SoC systems with AMBA-compliant AXI and APB interfaces.
• Experience designing fmax-optimized, high-throughput, pipelined AXI-Stream IP.
• RTL simulations to identify issues before hardware tests.
• STA and SDC knowledge.
• Gigabit Transceiver Protocols (e.g., PCIe, Interlaken, USB 3.x).
• Network protocols (Ethernet, IPv4/IPv6, TCP/IP).
• Embedded C, C++, Git version control.
• Embedded Linux (Kernel/Yocto/U-Boot/DeviceTree).
• Schematic capture and PCB design/debug.
• Full lifecycle FPGA development: RTL to bring-up.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and debugging of complex FPGA SoC systems for satellite communication.
• IP integration and high-performance RTL development.
• Create user-space driver/firmware and validate with RTL simulations.
• Collaborate with Platforms and FPGA SoC group to deliver on schedule.
• Ensure designs meet timing with STA and SDC constraints.
• Support hardware bring-up and validation in lab environments.

Skills

FPGA design

SoC integration

RTL development

Verilog/VHDL

AXI/AMBA protocols

Altera Quartus

Xilinx Vivado

ModelSim/QuestaSim

Embedded C/C++

GIT version control

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or Equivalent

Tools

Altera Quartus

Xilinx Vivado

ModelSim

QuestaSim

Git

Yocto/U-Boot/DeviceTree

Job description

Owen Daniels in Arizona seeks an experienced FPGA Engineer to lead the design, development and debugging of complex FPGA SoC systems for satellite communications. You will integrate IPs, perform high‑performance RTL development and build user-space drivers/firmware.

Requirements include a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, 5+ years in digital FPGA/ASIC design, Proficiency with ModelSim/QuestaSim, and experience with AXI/AMBA interfaces and embedded Linux.