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Senior FPGA Engineer II

Geost East Region/Chantilly💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-05 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design FPGAs for advanced electro-optical space payloads supporting U.S. Space Development Agency missions.

Role type

Senior IC FPGA engineer (space systems)

Builds

Space-based electro-optical payloads and subsystems

Domain

Aerospace / Defense / Electro-optical systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

VHDL, FPGA logic design, simulation, timing analysis, synthesis, implementation, debugging, RTL IP creation, IP integration, high-speed transceiver design, DDR4, AXI interfaces

Preferred skills

Xilinx/AMD Versal architecture, radiation-hardened FPGA design, image processing algorithms, C/Python/MATLAB, PCB design, Altium Designer

Technologies

VHDL, Xilinx/AMD Versal, DDR4, AXI Stream, AXI Memory Mapped, Altium Designer

Responsibilities

Complete FPGA logic design, coding, simulation, and testing; Support hardware and software teams in bring-up and test; Perform synthesis, implementation, and timing analysis; Execute debugging of the design in the lab; Provide subject-matter expertise on design and automated test procedures.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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