FPGA Engineer I (Aerospace)

Location: Melbourne, Florida, United States. Workplace: On-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. government authorizations.

Company

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

What you will do

• Develop FPGA circuits and systems through all phases of the development process.
• Design HDL-based systems with high-speed serial interfaces, data streams, digital processing cores, multiple clocks, clock domains, and management interfaces.
• Perform FPGA design verification, testing, validation, and deployment.
• Use laboratory instruments including digital oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, RF signal generators, and vector signal analyzers.
• Support aerospace hardware development across collaborative, cross-functional engineering activities.

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, VHDL, HDL Coder, Xilinx Vivado, ModelSim, or similar tools.
• Hands-on experience with digital and RF laboratory test equipment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Eligibility to work on U.S. Government space technology under applicable export regulations.

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