Senior FPGA Prototyping Engineer - Space Systems

K2Spacecorporation; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in the company

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking a Senior FPGA & Silicon Bring-up Engineer to accelerate the development of next-generation communications ASICs. You will own FPGA prototyping, firmware enablement, first-silicon bring-up, and hardware validation, serving as the bridge between ASIC design and system integration.

You will collaborate across ASIC Design, Verification, Firmware, Software, and Systems teams to build automated validation infrastructure and validate high-speed interfaces such as Ethernet/SerDes,

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of FPGA development experience using Verilog/SystemVerilog and AMD/Xilinx FPGA tools.
• Strong understanding of ASIC development and digital system architecture.
• Experience with FPGA prototyping for ASIC development.
• Experience with firmware/software enablement and hardware bring-up.
• Strong hardware debugging skills using JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and protocol analyzers.
• Proficiency with Python and scripting for automation and test infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA-based prototypes to enable early ASIC integration, firmware development, and system validation.
• Build hardware platforms that allow software and firmware teams to develop before first silicon.
• Support first-silicon bring-up, debug, and functional validation.
• Develop automated validation infrastructure for silicon characterization and regression testing.
• Configure and validate digital interfaces including high-speed Ethernet SerDes, SPI, UART, GPIO, and other peripheral interfaces.
• Develop FPGA-based traffic generators, protocol checkers, and test applications for interface validation.
• Debug issues spanning RTL, firmware, software, FPGA prototypes, and silicon using simulation and laboratory instrumentation.
• Collaborate closely with ASIC Design, Verification, Firmware, Software, Systems, and DFT teams to accelerate product development.

Skills

Verilog/SystemVerilog

FPGA tools (AMD/Xilinx)

Python scripting

Hardware debugging (JTAG/logic analyz)

Education

BS or MS in Electrical/Computer Engineering

Tools

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Protocol analyzers

Job description

K2 Space is seeking a Senior FPGA & Silicon Bring-up Engineer to accelerate the development of next-generation communications ASICs. You will own FPGA prototyping, firmware enablement, first-silicon bring-up, and hardware validation, serving as the bridge between ASIC design and system integration.

You will collaborate across ASIC Design, Verification, Firmware, Software, and Systems teams to build automated validation infrastructure and validate high-speed interfaces such as Ethernet/SerDes,