CesiumAstro

Staff FPGA Verification Engineer

CesiumAstro • $165K — $199K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Computer Engineering.
  • 8 years of relevant FPGA design and implementation experience.
  • Strong understanding of digital logic design and FPGA architecture.
  • Proficiency in developing FPGA verification environments for complex systems.
  • Knowledge of FPGA verification methodologies, timing closure, and embedded systems.
  • Experience with UVM Framework for testbench and verification component development.
  • Familiarity with tools like Vivado, Quartus Prime, and ModelSim.

Responsibilities

  • Lead FPGA verification, debugging, and qualification activities.
  • Evaluate simulation outcomes and engineering risks to enhance product performance.
  • Validate FPGA designs using verification planning and failure analysis.
  • Develop verification plans and packages to support engineering decisions.
  • Engage in customer meetings and technical discussions providing FPGA guidance.
  • Assess FPGA verification methods and technical requirements for improvements.
  • Initiate efforts to boost FPGA performance and product reliability.

Benefits

  • Stock options in the company.
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
  • Life and disability insurance coverage.
  • Retirement plans.
Full Job Description
We are looking to add a Staff FPGA Engineer to our team. If you enjoy working in a startup environment, and are passionate about developing leading-edge hardware for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems, we would like to hear from you.

In this position, you provide technical leadership for the verification of FPGA-based hardware solutions for products and platforms. This role contributes to product development by establishing FPGA verification methodologies, resolving complex engineering challenges, and advancing FPGA solutions that improve product performance, reliability, and mission success.

JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Lead complex FPGA verification, debugging, and qualification activities supporting product development.
  • Evaluate simulation results and engineering risks while directing solutions that improve product performance and reliability.
  • Validate FPGA designs through verification planning, qualification testing, failure analysis, root cause investigations, and engineering change implementation.
  • Develop verification plans, and verification review packages supporting engineering decisions.
  • Support customer meetings, design reviews, technical discussions, hardware integration, and product development activities by providing FPGA engineering guidance.
  • Evaluate FPGA, verification methods and technical requirements to identify improvements.
  • Drive initiatives that enhance FPGA performance, engineering efficiency, product reliability, design quality, and long-term maintainability.


JOB REQUIREMENTS AND MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

  • A Bachelor of Science (BS) or Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering from an accredited university or institution.
  • 8 years of industry or university research experience in the design, analysis, and implementation of FPGA systems at the HDL level.
  • Extensive knowledge of digital logic design, FPGA architecture, hardware description languages (HDL), and digital systems.
  • Considerable proficiency developing FPGA verification environments for complex products.
  • Thorough understanding of FPGA verification methodologies, timing closure, embedded systems, and high-speed interfaces.
  • Working knowledge of the UVM Framework (UVMF), including developing reusable testbenches, verification components, and automated test environments.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Teams.
  • FPGA development, simulation, and synthesis tools, e.g. Vivado, Quartus Prime, ModelSim, QuestaSim, or equivalent applications.
  • Engineering analysis, version control, and collaboration tools, e.g. MATLAB, Git, Jira, Windchill, or equivalent applications.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


PREFERRED EXPERIENCE

  • Experience with worst-case analysis, failure method and criticality analyses, and reliability analysis.
  • Familiarity with digital communications and digital signal processing.
  • Experience with board-level hardware design.
  • Demonstrated ability to work efficiently with a distributed team.
  • Proficiency with git source code control.
  • Experience developing firmware using agile flows.


$165,000 - $199,000 a year

CesiumAstro considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education/training, and key skills. Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

About CesiumAstro

CesiumAstro is a technology company that provides advanced communications systems for satellite and space-based applications. The company's systems use advanced software-defined radio technology to provide high-bandwidth, low-latency communications for a variety of applications, including remote sensing, earth observation, and satellite communications. CesiumAstro's systems are designed to be highly modular and scalable, allowing them to be easily integrated into a wide range of satellite and space-based platforms. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Austin, Texas.
Learn more about CesiumAstro
Size
100 employees
Industry
Net Income
-$1 million
Founded
2017
5 Year Trend
+80%
Revenue
$5 million

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