Senior FPGA Engineer — Spacecraft Avionics, Relocation Included

Relativity Space, Inc.; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation package

Job summary

Relativity Space is building Terran R and advancing aerospace innovation from Long Beach. As an FPGA engineer on the Avionics team, you will analyze, design, and test custom FPGA firmware across multiple products and guide projects through the full lifecycle.

You will work closely with mechanical, software, and electrical groups to ensure reliable hardware, on-time execution, and rapid iteration with a high degree of ownership in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in EE/CE or related field.
• 5+ years in FPGA development for mission-critical apps (launch/space/robotics).
• Experience with RTL design, verification, synthesis, timing, bring-up/validation.
• Proficient with HDL languages including VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, and test FPGA firmware across Terran R products.
• Oversee development through full product lifecycle from concept to flight maturity.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure hardware project reliability and on-schedule delivery.

Skills

FPGA design

HDL (VHDL/Verilog)

High-speed digital

Cross-functional teamwork

Project management

Education

Bachelors degree in EE/CE

Tools

AMD Xilinx

Intel (Altera)

Microchip FPGA

Job description

Relativity Space is building Terran R and advancing aerospace innovation from Long Beach. As an FPGA engineer on the Avionics team, you will analyze, design, and test custom FPGA firmware across multiple products and guide projects through the full lifecycle.

You will work closely with mechanical, software, and electrical groups to ensure reliable hardware, on-time execution, and rapid iteration with a high degree of ownership in a dynamic environment.