FPGA Design Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site at the facility in Seattle, WA, United States. The role requires access to U.S. export-controlled information and compliance with U.S. export control laws.

Estimated base salary: $145K–$165K per year, plus equity. Additional compensation includes stock options.

Company

hirify.global develops safety-enhancing automated aviation systems, including aerospace and robotics technologies for safer and more efficient air transportation.

What you will do

• Own the full FPGA design lifecycle for the Air to Air Radar solution, including product architecture, implementation, synthesis, hardware integration, and testing.
• Develop firmware for advanced operational modes of a phased-array radar supporting Detect and Avoid applications.
• Coordinate with avionics and radar teams to define high-level FPGA requirements and hardware/software interfaces.
• Translate MATLAB algorithms into fixed-point VHDL implementations and evaluate system architecture tradeoffs.
• Verify real-time performance and maintain product quality through collaborative development and peer review.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent field.
• At least 2 years of full-cycle electronics hardware development experience in a professional environment.
• Professional experience designing FPGA digital logic with industry-standard design, simulation, and synthesis tools.
• Applicants must be able to provide documentation establishing U.S. person or non-U.S. person status for export-control compliance.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent field.
• Experience with radar, RF transceivers, and/or software-defined radio.
• Product ownership experience, including development and field support.
• Experience with safety-critical FPGA development under DO-254 Level A/B or an equivalent industry standard.
• Experience architecting, implementing, and verifying fixed-point DSP algorithms.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, agile or iterative development lifecycle.
• Pragmatic, results-oriented work style.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven work focused on improving aviation safety.
• Collaborative development environment with mutual peer review.
• Casual work environment and fast-paced, results-oriented team.
• Employee medical benefits and 401(k) contribution.
• Stock options and equity opportunities.
• Diverse and inclusive equal-opportunity workplace.