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$175,000 – $240,000
Listed on Astranis’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.
What this role is
Astranis is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to design and verify RTL for spacecraft and ground station FPGAs used in satellite communications systems. This role suits engineers with 5+ years of FPGA experience who can work across high-performance radio, avionics, and ground systems for commercial and government projects.
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What they ask for
Required
- Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent
- 5+ years of FPGA design experience
- Experience designing, implementing, and testing high throughput FPGA systems
- Strong proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog for synthesis and verification
- Experience writing test benches and FPGA verification at module and system level
- Experience with C/C++ bit-accurate RTL modeling
- Familiarity with power, thermal, and area implications of designs
- U.S. citizenship, lawful permanent residency, or protected refugee/asylee status
Nice to have
- Master's or PhD in computer engineering or equivalent
- Expertise in DSP/radio design, software, encryption, or FEC encoding/decoding
- Experience with Xilinx Ultrascale+/Versal FPGAs
- Experience with high-speed data converters (ADCs, DACs)
- Experience with UVM and DPI simulation methodologies
- Experience with circuit-level debugging
- Knowledge of digital communication theory, DVB-S2X, LDPC, Turbo, Reed-Solomon coding
- Experience with space-based systems and radiation-tolerant design (TMR, ECC)