Senior FPGA Engineer (TS/SCI)

The role

You will develop and verify FPGA firmware used to fly large spacecraft. This includes owning the architecture and implementation of 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
• 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 for missions from LEO to deep space. The company is mass-producing high-power satellite platforms and is a high-growth Series D-funded company.