FPGA Engineer

SpaceX

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On-site
Location
Hawthorne, CA
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$125,000–$160,000 / yr
Posted
13 days ago
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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.

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JOB TITLE: FPGA Engineer (Starshield) The FPGA Engineer (Starshield) joins the satellite digital design team to support satellite programs focused on earth observation, communications, and hosted payloads for government use. You will design, develop, and test FPGAs that support safety-critical logic, sensors, cryptography, and RF/optical communications systems for a satellite constellation. Your daily responsibilities include delivering highly reliable firmware, performing verification testing, and managing the complete lifecycle of designs from prototype through production and flight. You will utilize Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL to create digital designs, potentially involving Xilinx SoC FPGA platforms, high-speed serial links like GbE or PCI-E, and networking protocols such as TCP/UDP. The role requires implementing DSP algorithms and using scripting languages like Python or Bash to solve complex in-space networking and autonomous operation problems.

Skills

FPGA Verilog SystemVerilog VHDL RTL Design Xilinx SoC C C++ Python Bash Perl DSP Ethernet PCI-E TCP UDP IPv4 Timing Analysis Synthesis

What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and test FPGAs for safety-critical logic, sensors, cryptography, and communications systems.
  • Deliver highly reliable firmware for SpaceX-designed hardware.
  • Manage the complete lifecycle of FPGA designs, including development, testing, and support.
  • Perform verification testing and write technical documentation for firmware products.
  • Follow the SpaceX flight software development process to write firmware for spaceflight.
  • Design and validate FPGA designs in collaboration with avionics, software, and platform engineers.
  • Develop new products from the prototype stage through production and flight.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, math, or another engineering discipline.
  • 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
  • Experience using Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance.
  • Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee as required by ITAR.
  • Experience working with complex digital designs (preferred).
  • Experience in FPGA development stages including RTL design, verification, synthesis, timing analysis, and lab bring up (preferred).
  • Security Clearance as a condition of employment.

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