FPGA Engineer I (Aerospace)

Location: Austin, TX, United States; on-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Company

hirify.global develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms.

What you will do

• Develop FPGA circuits and systems through design, verification, testing, and deployment.
• Create HDL designs for high-speed serial interfaces, data streams, digital processing cores, multiple clocks and clock domains, and management interfaces.
• Test, validate, and verify FPGA designs using laboratory equipment.
• Contribute to leading-edge hardware for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• University experience designing, analyzing, and implementing FPGA systems at the HDL level.
• Expertise in FPGA design and verification using Verilog or VHDL, HDL Coder, Xilinx Vivado, ModelSim, or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience with digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, and vector signal analyzers.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Eligibility to work with U.S. Government-controlled space technology is required.

Nice to have

• Aerospace design and qualification experience.
• Worst-case, failure mode and criticality, and reliability analysis experience.
• Board-level hardware design experience.
• Familiarity with communications systems and digital signal processing.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, autonomous work in a dynamic, cross-functional environment.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance, plus HSA and FSA options.
• Life, disability, and retirement plans.