Electrical Engineer - FPGA Firmware to support the development of space-to-space power beaming spacecraft and the Star Catcher Network, its orbital power grid.
Key Responsibilities- Design and verify FPGA gateware (VHDL/Verilog) for control loops and signal processing under established architecture.
- Utilize, implement, and validate algorithms in FPGAs and firmware.
- Support simulation, verification, and hardware-in-the-loop testing of FPGA designs.
- Assist in development of high-level and detailed verification test plans consistent with system requirements and specifications.
- Perform detailed analysis including requirements analysis, component synthesis, timing, and clock domain crossings.
- Prepare and participate in design and implementation reviews.
- Collaborate with digital hardware and embedded software engineers on interface definition.
- Support qualification of FPGA/SoC platforms for flight applications.
Basic Qualifications- Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Experience: 5+ years of experience designing and verifying FPGA gateware in VHDL or Verilog.
- Familiarity with FPGA/SoC design toolchains, including synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure.
- Working knowledge of logic simulation tools (e.g., ModelSim/Questa or equivalent), with experience developing self-checking testbenches, assertions/checkers, and automated regression tests.
- Experience using Git or equivalent version control for RTL, constraints, testbenches, and reproducible build configurations.
Desired Skills- Experience with a verification framework appropriate to the design language, such as UVM (SystemVerilog), OSVVM/UVVM (VHDL), or cocotb (Python); equivalent structured verification experience is welcome.
- Exposure to implementing real-time control loops in reconfigurable logic.
- Familiarity with radiation-tolerant or space-qualified FPGA/SoC platforms.
- Experience with DSP or signal-processing in FPGA fabric.
- Exposure to spacecraft communications protocols (CCSDS) such as AOS, EPP, TM/TC, SPP.
- Experience with signal processing for RF communications systems, including communication system signal processing theory and waveform design.
- Exposure to standard streaming and memory-mapped interfaces (e.g., AMBA AXI, Avalon).
- Exposure to digital hardware interfaces and architectures, including NAND/NOR/DDR memory interfaces, GigE/10GigE, high-speed SERDES, and LVDS/RS-422/I2C/SPI.
- MATLAB/Simulink experience is a plus.
- Working knowledge of manufacturing, assembly, and test processes.
Help us deploy and scale space infrastructure that will drive our utilization of space forward! We offer a highly competitive benefits package including access to comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, and paid parental leave, in addition to other benefits. 
