Staff FPGA Design Engineer – Flight-Ready Space Avionics

Terranorbitalcorporation

Irvine (CA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

100% Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage
401(k) Match
Flexible Time Off
Education Reimbursement
Competitive Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

Terranorbitalcorporation is looking for a Staff FPGA Design Engineer to lead architecture and development of FPGA-based avionics subsystems. This role includes working across teams to ensure high-reliability digital logic for missions.

Candidates should have at least 8 years of experience in FPGA design and proficiency in SystemVerilog or VHDL. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package and a competitive salary ranging from $150,000 to $190,000 USD.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of FPGA RTL architecture, development and verification.
  • Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog or VHDL.
  • Experience developing high-speed data buses and interfaces.

Responsibilities

  • Own FPGA RTL development from architecture definition through verification.
  • Collaborate across embedded software, systems, and hardware teams.
  • Support system bring-up and troubleshooting.

Skills

FPGA RTL architecture
SystemVerilog
VHDL
Verification methodologies
Microsemi Polarfire
AMD Zynq
Python
C/C++

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Vivado
Mentor Modelsim
Questasim

Job description

Terranorbitalcorporation is looking for a Staff FPGA Design Engineer to lead architecture and development of FPGA-based avionics subsystems. This role includes working across teams to ensure high-reliability digital logic for missions.

Candidates should have at least 8 years of experience in FPGA design and proficiency in SystemVerilog or VHDL. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package and a competitive salary ranging from $150,000 to $190,000 USD.

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