Sr. FPGA Design Engineer

Telemetry Today LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Robotics seeks a Sr FPGA Design Engineer to join the flight software team responsible for the firmware at the core of the autonomy stack. You will contribute to FPGA projects and support development of the flight computer and airborne radar, enabling product certification and market delivery.

The role requires 8+ years in FPGA/ASIC design, experience with VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, and DO-254 safety-critical processes; advanced degrees preferred, with a focus on fast-paced, iterative

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 8+ years of end-to-end FPGA/ASIC design experience using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
• Professional experience designing FPGA digital logic using industry-standard design, simulation, and synthesis tools.
• Experience with safety-critical FPGA development (DO-254 level A/B or equivalent).

Responsibilities

• Collaborate in a cross-functional environment including mutual peer review to maintain high product quality.
• Design, simulation, synthesis, hardware integration and testing across multiple FPGA projects.

Skills

VHDL

Verilog

SystemVerilog

FPGA design

DO-254

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

ModelSim

Quartus

Job description

We're building safety-enhancing technology for aviation that will save lives. Automated aviation systems will enable a future where air transportation is safer, more convenient and fundamentally transformative to the way goods — and eventually people — move around the planet. We are a team of mission-driven engineers with experience across aerospace, robotics and self-driving cars working to make this future a reality.

As a Sr. FPGA Design Engineer at Reliable Robotics you will be a part of the flight software team which owns the firmware and software at the heart of the Reliable Robotics autonomy stack. We are a creative and diligent team that provides dependable computing, networking, signal processing, and motor control solutions to bring our aircraft to life. Your contributions will directly enable development of our flight computer and air to air RADAR, unlocking higher-level capabilities, and setting the stage for product certification & delivery to market.

Responsibilities

In your role as a FPGA Design Engineer, you will work in a highly collaborative and cross-functional development environment including mutual peer review to maintain high product quality. This work will include FPGA requirements, design, and simulation as well as code synthesis, hardware integration, and testing. You will contribute to multiple FPGA projects in support of the long-term Reliable Robotics technology roadmap.

Basic Success Criteria

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

8+ years of end-to-end FPGA/ASIC design experience using VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog

Professional experience designing FPGA digital logic using industry-standard design, simulation, and synthesis tools

Preferred Criteria

Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent

Proven track record of product ownership including development and field support

Experience with safety-critical FPGA development (DO-254 level A/B or equivalent industry standard)

Experience architecting, implementing, and verifying fixed point DSP algorithms

Comfortable with a fast-paced, agile/iterative development life cycle

Pragmatic, results-oriented work style

FPGA designers at Reliable Robotics have a unique opportunity to work within a vertically integrated technology stack that extends up to the aircraft level, with a direct impact on the aircraft's capabilities and requirements. They execute a focused mission to establish the foundation of Reliable’s technology roadmap. We are a fast-paced team that gets results. With your experience, motivation, skills, and enthusiasm, you'll help the team accomplish amazing things.

This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. An offer of employment will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to perform in compliance with U.S. export control laws.

All applicants are asked to provide documentation that legally establishes status as a U.S. person or non-U.S. person (and nationalities in the case of a non-U.S. person). Where the applicant is not a U.S. person, meaning not a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or not otherwise permitted to access the export-controlled technology without U.S. government authorization, the Company reserves the right not to apply for an export license for such applicants whose access to export-controlled technology or software source code requires authorization and may decline to proceed with the application process and any offer of employment on that basis.

At Reliable Robotics, our goal is to be a diverse and inclusive workforce. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, creed, ancestry, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability or medical conditions, national origin, military or veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other basis covered by applicable law. All employment and promotion is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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