Space FPGA Designer: High-Speed RF/Optical Systems

Blue Origin; Washington; On-site; USD 157,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin in the Seattle area seeks an FPGA Designer for the TeraWave RF and Optical Systems. You will own FPGA features from design through hardware bring-up, delivering high-speed data processing and signal processing modules for space applications.

Responsibilities include RTL in VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, IP integration, UVM verification, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with RF, avionics, and software teams.Qualifications emphasize two+ years in FPGA design and strong timing analysis

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 2+ years of hands-on FPGA design or verification experience.
• Proficiency in VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog.
• Experience with industry FPGA toolchain for synthesis, P&R, timing analysis, device programming, and debug.
• Experience with UVM-based verification for FPGA designs.
• Strong knowledge of high-speed digital design, clocking, CDC, timing constraints, and resource optimization.
• Experience developing test benches and automated regression tests.

Responsibilities

• Own FPGA features from requirements analysis through RTL development, verification, synthesis, timing closure, and hardware bring-up.
• Translate requirements into module architectures, interfaces, and verification objectives with traceable design docs.
• Develop maintainable RTL in VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog and integrate IP cores.
• Develop and maintain verification environments with testbenches, regressions, and functional coverage.
• Analyze timing and resource utilization, resolve clocking and domain crossing issues.
• Lead bring-up and debug, perform root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with systems, RF, avionics, hardware, software, and test engineers to validate end-to-end performance.
• Estimate effort and communicate risks, tradeoffs, and mitigation plans.

Skills

FPGA design

RTL design

Verification with UVM

High-speed digital design

Team collaboration

Technical estimation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog

FPGA toolchain (Synthesis/Place-and-Route)

UVM-based verification tools

Job description

Blue Origin in the Seattle area seeks an FPGA Designer for the TeraWave RF and Optical Systems. You will own FPGA features from design through hardware bring-up, delivering high-speed data processing and signal processing modules for space applications.

Responsibilities include RTL in VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, IP integration, UVM verification, and cross-disciplinary collaboration with RF, avionics, and software teams.Qualifications emphasize two+ years in FPGA design and strong timing analysis