Senior FPGA Engineer

Seattle, WA. Posted 4 months ago

The role

You will develop and verify FPGA firmware used to fly large spacecraft. You will own the architecture and implementation of critical programmable logic systems for vehicle networking, RF systems, and real-time control.

What you will do

Own the architecture and implementation of critical programmable logic systems
Implement architectures in RTL using VHDL and SystemVerilog
Verify and validate FPGA designs using simulation, bench-testing, and Hardware In The Loop testbeds
Support integration, test, and troubleshooting efforts for FPGA designs
Develop tools and infrastructure to support high-reliability FPGA solutions

Required qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, math, or a STEM discipline or 3+ years of professional experience in software development
3+ years working with complex FPGA designs spanning digital, mixed signal, or RF applications
Development experience with VHDL or SystemVerilog

Nice to have

Experience integrating logic onto Xilinx SoC platforms
Experience with digital signal processing (DSP) fundamentals and implementing complex DSP logic and software defined radios on FPGAs
Experience implementing high-speed SERDES interfaces such as Ethernet, PCIe, and JESD204C
Experience with standard bus and streaming protocols such as AXI and AXI-Stream
Experience with evaluating and integrating vendor/third party IP
Experience with common scripting languages such as Python, TCL, and Bash
Experience with Linux systems programming and driver development
Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery systems
Experience building or working with hard real-time embedded systems (bare-metal or RTOS)
Basic knowledge of electronics, computer architecture, and control systems

Benefits

Paid time off
Medical/dental/vision coverage
Life insurance
Paid parental leave
Many other perks

Before you apply

Must be a U.S. person as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license

About the company

K2 is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown. They are mass-producing high-power satellite platforms for missions from LEO to deep space.