FPGA Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Hybrid in Harwell, UK; Athens, Greece; Barcelona, Spain; or Porto, Portugal. Applicants must have the legal right to work in their chosen location.

Company

hirify.global develops end-to-end satellite missions, Earth observation, IoT connectivity, and secure communications through accessible and scalable space technology.

What you will do

• Define and own FPGA architecture across spacecraft platforms and missions.
• Translate system and mission requirements into robust FPGA design strategies and high-speed digital systems.
• Lead the FPGA lifecycle from concept and simulation through verification, hardware validation, bring-up, and optimisation.
• Establish reusable IP, design standards, scalable frameworks, and verification approaches including hardware-in-the-loop and fault injection.
• Drive trade-offs across performance, power, reliability, resilience, and complex data-pipeline integration.
• Act as the technical authority for FPGA, collaborate with electronics and software teams, engage suppliers, and mentor engineers.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of FPGA architecture and digital design using HDL, including VHDL, Verilog, and SystemVerilog.
• Strong understanding of FPGA toolchains such as Vivado, Quartus, Libero, and Lattice ecosystems.
• Knowledge of high-speed interfaces, data pipelines, real-time processing, and embedded FPGA-software integration.
• Experience with verification, simulation, timing analysis, design optimisation, and hardware validation techniques.
• Understanding of fault-tolerant and resilient design, including redundancy and error detection.
• Clear technical documentation, traceability, design governance, systems thinking, and effective communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on satellite missions and space technology designed to address real-world challenges.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering, product, mission operations, supplier, and partner teams.
• Join a diverse, ambitious, supportive, and inclusive working environment.
• Contribute to making space-based data and connectivity more accessible.

Hiring process

• Submit an application and CV in English.