Principal Emulation & Prototyping Engineer
Core
Define and build Blue Origin's pre-silicon emulation and prototyping capability from the ground up for a revolutionary satellite communications network (TeraWave) featuring 5,408 optically interconnected satellites.
Role type
Principal Emulation & Prototyping Engineer
Builds
Pre-silicon hardware platforms, nightly image services, and hardware-in-the-loop systems for DSP and beamforming datapaths.
Domain
Space-based communications, satellite networks, high-speed digital systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
FPGA implementation flows (synthesis, constraints, place and route, timing closure), commercial emulation platforms, RTL (SystemVerilog/Verilog), build automation (Tcl/Python), lab/board-level bring-up and debug, cross-site multidisciplinary collaboration
Preferred skills
Space/wireless communications background, DSP/beamforming prototyping, high-speed interfaces (JESD204B/C, PCIe), mixed-signal/RF lab integration, host-side software (C/C++, DPI, SCE-MI), embedded processor bring-up, AI/ML tooling for triage
Technologies
Palladium, Veloce, ZeBu, Protium, HAPS, SystemVerilog, Verilog, Tcl, Python, C/C++, JESD204B/C, PCIe, DDR, ARM SoC FPGAs
Responsibilities
Define platform strategy and tradeoff studies; evaluate and deploy commercial/custom emulation and prototyping systems; own end-to-end build flows for large SoC designs; adapt designs for platform constraints; define rate-reduction strategies for DSP prototyping; build hardware-in-the-loop platforms; establish nightly build services; develop transactors and test harnesses; manage platform capacity and scheduling; debug at platform level; partner with RF/DSP teams on lab integration; produce user documentation.
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
