Senior FPGA & Silicon Bring-up Engineer — Equity

K2 Space; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision coverage

Life insurance

Paid parental leave

Job summary

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

This role spans pre-silicon FPGA platforms through post-silicon debug, interface validation, and automated test infrastructure, collaborating with multiple teams to drive successful spacecraft-grade

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a 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

FPGA development

Verilog/SystemVerilog

ASIC development

FPGA prototyping

Firmware/software enablement

Hardware debugging

Python scripting

Education

BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

AMD/Xilinx FPGA tools

Job description

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

This role spans pre-silicon FPGA platforms through post-silicon debug, interface validation, and automated test infrastructure, collaborating with multiple teams to drive successful spacecraft-grade