Senior FPGA Prototyping Engineer

The role

You will develop FPGA-based prototypes that let ASIC, firmware and software teams work before first silicon. You will also support first-silicon bring-up, debug and hardware validation for next-generation communications ASICs.

What you will do

• Develop FPGA-based prototypes for early ASIC integration, firmware development and system validation.
• Build hardware platforms so software and firmware teams can develop before first silicon.
• Support first-silicon bring-up, debug and functional validation.
• Develop automated validation infrastructure for silicon characterization and regression testing.
• Configure and validate high-speed Ethernet SerDes, SPI, UART, GPIO and other peripheral interfaces.
• Develop FPGA-based traffic generators, protocol checkers and test applications.
• Debug issues across RTL, firmware, software, FPGA prototypes and silicon using simulation and lab instruments.
• Collaborate with ASIC Design, Verification, Firmware, Software, Systems and DFT teams.

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of FPGA development experience using Verilog/SystemVerilog and AMD/Xilinx FPGA tools.
• Strong understanding of ASIC development and digital system architecture.
• Experience with FPGA prototyping for ASIC development.
• Experience with firmware/software enablement and hardware bring-up.
• Strong hardware debugging skills using JTAG, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers and protocol analyzers.
• Proficiency with Python and scripting for automation and test infrastructure.
• Must be a U.S. person under 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Nice to have

• Experience with networking, communications or satellite systems.
• Experience with embedded processors (ARM or RISC-V).
• Experience with hard real-time embedded systems (bare-metal or RTOS).
• Experience validating high-speed digital interfaces, including Ethernet and SerDes protocols, SPI and UART.
• Experience with silicon bring-up using JTAG, logic analyzers and oscilloscopes.

Benefits

• Paid time off.
• Medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Life insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• Many other perks.

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or certain protected individual) or otherwise eligible for an export control license.
• Reasonable accommodation available during the application and interview process on request.

About the company

K2 Space is building the largest and highest-power satellites ever flown, for missions from LEO to deep space. The company has raised over $1 billion in funding and holds over $1 billion in signed contracts with commercial and US government customers.