FPGA Engineering Manager

Location: Hybrid role requiring candidates to be located near Centennial, Colorado, or Long Beach, California; some work must be performed onsite.

Base salary: $140,000–$215,000 per year, plus equity and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors for space security and defense.

What you will do

• Build, manage, and mentor an FPGA engineering team developing spacecraft devices.
• Lead FPGA, SoC, and SoM design and integrate solutions into end-item spacecraft products.
• Own requirements capture, architecture, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, verification, and hardware integration.
• Develop systems solutions involving memory interfaces, high-speed buses, clock domains, and signal integrity.
• Establish design review, configuration management, and verification practices while driving radiation-hardening and aerospace defense standards.
• Coordinate with systems, software, avionics, and test teams while managing schedules, budgets, technical risks, and product delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of professional FPGA development experience, including 5+ years working with spacecraft systems.
• Previous experience as a technical team lead.
• Deep expertise in VHDL, Verilog, simulation tools, timing analysis, and FPGA synthesis flows.
• Familiarity with Zynq Ultrascale+, ProASIC 3, PolarFire, SmartFusion 2, Artix7, or similar technologies.
• Experience with high-speed interfaces including PCIe, Ethernet, and SpaceWire.
• Familiarity with fault-tolerant and redundant design methods such as A/B failover and triple modular redundancy.
• Understanding of radiation effects on digital logic and mitigation strategies.
• Must be eligible to work under U.S. Government space technology export regulations: U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, protected individual, or eligible to obtain the required authorizations.

Nice to have

• Experience with analog and digital electrical design practices.
• Familiarity with laboratory debugging tools such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers.
• Familiarity with procedural programming languages such as C, C++, or Python.
• Experience debugging system-level interactions in HIL/SIL environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with required onsite work for some activities.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA/HRA options.
• Flexible Time Off for exempt employees or accrued PTO of up to 25 days for non-exempt employees, plus 12 paid holidays, parental leave, and sick leave.
• 401(k) plan, fitness reimbursement, catered lunches and snacks for in-office employees, and equity participation.

Hiring process

• The position remains open until successfully filled.
• Submit an application following the provided application directions; applicant identity verification tools are used to prevent fraud.