Senior FPGA & Silicon Bring-Up Engineer

K2Spacecorporation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in company

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Paid time off and parental leave

Job summary

K2 Space is seeking a Senior FPGA & Silicon Bring-up Engineer in Seattle, WA to accelerate next‑gen ASICs. You will own FPGA prototyping, firmware enablement, first‑silicon bring‑up, and hardware validation, bridging ASIC design with software and system teams.

You will build platforms for early software work, enable automated test infrastructure, and validate high‑speed interfaces. The role requires 5+ years in FPGA development and strong debugging skills.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of FPGA development with Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Experience with ASIC development and digital system architecture.
• Experience with FPGA prototyping for ASIC development.
• Experience with firmware/software enablement and hardware bring-up.
• Strong debugging with JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers.
• Python scripting for automation and test infrastructure.
• Nice to have: experience with networking, satellite systems, or RTOS.

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

FPGA development

Verilog/SystemVerilog

AMD/Xilinx FPGA tools

Python

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Logic analyzers

Protocol analyzers

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

MS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Vivado

ModelSim

Job description

K2 Space is seeking a Senior FPGA & Silicon Bring-up Engineer in Seattle, WA to accelerate next‑gen ASICs. You will own FPGA prototyping, firmware enablement, first‑silicon bring‑up, and hardware validation, bridging ASIC design with software and system teams.

You will build platforms for early software work, enable automated test infrastructure, and validate high‑speed interfaces. The role requires 5+ years in FPGA development and strong debugging skills.