Space FPGA Engineer: RTL, SoC & Flight Systems

AeroVironment, Inc.; Albuquerque, Northern (NM, KY); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K with company matching

9/80 schedule

Paid holiday shutdown

Job summary

AeroVironment, Inc. in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a skilled FPGA Engineer to join our Space Tech division.

You will develop and maintain RTL firmware for mission-critical aerospace systems, focusing on SoC/FPGA implementations and peripheral interfaces, while aligning with high-reliability requirements. Responsibilities include deploying firmware to physical devices, optimizing for radiation-hardened environments, and ensuring compliance with NASA/ESA/MIL-STD standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
• 2 years of professional experience designing using hardware description languages (VHDL or Verilog).
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance.
• Experience with Xilinx devices and toolchains (Vivado/ISE) and/or Microchip devices and toolchains (Libero).
• Firmware development in embedded aerospace or space applications is preferred.
• Knowledge of serial communication protocols and standards.
• Familiarity with clock-domain techniques, debuggers, FPGA floor planning, TCL, and co-design.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain general-purpose and mission-specific RTL/Firmware.
• Develop and maintain firmware for peripheral interfaces and ADC/DACs.
• Implement serial links and interfaces (SpaceWire, SPI, CameraLink, 1Gb+ Ethernet, MIL-STD).
• Create and maintain automated FPGA firmware build scripts.
• Deploy firmware to physical devices and space-grade hardware.
• Architect and develop firmware for space electronics including RTOS-based systems.
• Optimize embedded software for radiation-hardened, high-reliability environments.
• Conduct system integration, testing, and validation in simulated and real aerospace conditions.
• Support compliance with NASA, ESA, MIL-STD etc.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

VHDL/Verilog

FPGA development

Embedded firmware

C/C++ programming

Python scripting

US security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical/computer engineering or computer science

Tools

Vivado/ISE

Xilinx Zynq/Virtex/Kintex

Libero

System Generator

TCL

Synopsys

Aldec

Job description

AeroVironment, Inc. in Albuquerque, NM is seeking a skilled FPGA Engineer to join our Space Tech division.

You will develop and maintain RTL firmware for mission-critical aerospace systems, focusing on SoC/FPGA implementations and peripheral interfaces, while aligning with high-reliability requirements. Responsibilities include deploying firmware to physical devices, optimizing for radiation-hardened environments, and ensuring compliance with NASA/ESA/MIL-STD standards.