Principal FPGA Design Engineer

The role

The Principal FPGA Design Engineer will lead the architecture, development, verification, and flight-readiness of FPGA-based avionics subsystems. This role owns FPGA RTL design from concept through qualification, integration, and mission operations.

What you will do

• Own FPGA RTL development from architecture definition through verification, integration and flight readiness.
• Define FPGA architecture and requirements in collaboration with systems, hardware and embedded software teams.
• Develop RTL in SystemVerilog or VHDL for Microship Polarfire and AMD Zynq US+ and Versal.
• Perform comprehensive verification, including simulation, test benches, timing closure, resource analysis and hardware validation.
• Lead design reviews, ensure requirement traceability, and produce documentation for FPGA operation and integration.
• Define and execute verification and validation testing (DVT) and support board bring-up.
• Support system bring-up, integration, and troubleshooting during avionics and flight test activities.
• Lead cross-functional technical discussions, drive architecture decisions and mentor more junior engineers.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
• 12+ years of FPGA RTL architecture, development and verification.
• Strong proficiency in SystemVerilog or VHDL.
• Advanced verification methodologies and worst-case timing analysis.
• Experienced designing with Microsemi Polarfire, AMD Zynq Versal, AMD Ultrascale.
• Experienced with FPGA design tools including Vivado and Mentor Modelsim/Questasim.
• Experienced with high-speed data buses and interfaces such as AXI, PCIe, DDR4/DDR5, JESD204B/C, or 100Gb ethernet or other common protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, CAN FD, and LVDS.
• Experience developing high speed NAND flash controllers including interface timing optimization, ECC integration, bad block management, DMA architecture and high throughput data path design.
• Familiarity with version control systems such as Git based collaborative development environments.
• Experienced with scripting languages such as Python, Tcl, and Bash.
• Experienced developing software in Linux Environment with C/C++.
• Experienced designing for space environment including radiation impacts and mitigations.

Benefits

• 100% Company-paid comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) Match
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• Education Reimbursement
• Competitive Paid Parental Leave
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Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of St
• Position may require a current United States National Security clearance or eligibility for such a clearance.

About the company

Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries. They provide end-to-end satellite solutions by combining satellite design, production, launch planning, mission operations, and on-orbit support.