Senior Space Avionics FPGA & HDL Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; Tukwila (WA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) and Roth options

Employee stock purchase program

Job summary

BlackSky is seeking a highly skilled hardware designer and systems engineer to own avionics hardware from concept through production. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and push designs to production readiness in a hybrid Tukwila, WA environment.

The role requires a BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering, 10+ years in digital design, HDL expertise, and strong test and verification skills. U.S. Person status is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or related field with digital electronics design.
• 10+ years of digital design experience including HDL programming, test bench development, and prototype testing.
• Experience with embedded processors in a SoC FPGA and related interfaces.
• Ability to write test benches using ModelSim, Vivado Simulator, or equivalent.
• Hands-on lab experience with equipment such as multimeters, oscilloscopes and logic analyzers.
• Experience implementing, prototyping and bringing up high speed interfaces.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills within a multi-disciplinary team.
• U.S. Person is required.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop digital hardware for spacecraft avionics across requirements, prototyping, bring-up, and production transition.
• Synthesise requirements from unit and system specifications.
• Write HDL for FPGAs and verify with simulation and testing.
• Troubleshoot performance during hardware testing and bring-up.
• Create documentation to support Flight Software verification and validation.
• Interface with external suppliers to define specs and support integration and testing.
• Support R&D initiatives and new avionics product development.

Skills

HDL programming (VHDL preferred)

Digital design (10+ years)

Embedded SoC FPGA experience

Test benches & simulation

C, C++, Python

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

ModelSim

Vivado Simulator

Oscilloscopes

Multi-meters

Logic analyzers

Power supplies

Job description

BlackSky is seeking a highly skilled hardware designer and systems engineer to own avionics hardware from concept through production. You will collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams and push designs to production readiness in a hybrid Tukwila, WA environment.

The role requires a BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering, 10+ years in digital design, HDL expertise, and strong test and verification skills. U.S. Person status is required.