Space FPGA Associate: RTL & High-Speed Hardware

Astranis; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Astranis seeks an FPGA Associate for Winter 2027 in San Francisco, CA. The twelve-week associate program is designed for new grads who earned a four‑year degree and want to work on challenging hardware problems that may contribute to spaceflight hardware.

You will develop RTL for FPGA applications, work with multiple FPGA toolchains, and test RTL with real hardware while collaborating with electrical and software engineers.

Qualifications

• Hold a B.S. or M.S. in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent.
• A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development.
• Experience in designing, implementing, and testing high throughput systems implemented on FPGAs.
• Proficiency with Verilog/SystemVerilog for synthesis.
• Don't meet them all? Not a problem. Please apply even if you do not meet all these criteria.

Responsibilities

• RTL Development for FPGA targeted applications.
• Work with multiple FPGAs and toolchains.
• Interface FPGAs with peripherals including high speed data converters, memories, MCUs.
• Write software to interface and test RTL in hardware.
• Collaborate closely with electrical and software engineers.

Skills

RTL development

FPGA toolchains

FPGA interfaces

RTL testing

Team collaboration

Education

B.S./M.S. in electrical engineering / computer science / computer engineering

Tools

Vivado IDE

TCL

Xilinx FPGAs

Job description

Astranis seeks an FPGA Associate for Winter 2027 in San Francisco, CA. The twelve-week associate program is designed for new grads who earned a four‑year degree and want to work on challenging hardware problems that may contribute to spaceflight hardware.

You will develop RTL for FPGA applications, work with multiple FPGA toolchains, and test RTL with real hardware while collaborating with electrical and software engineers.