FPGA Development Engineer (Senior Level, Aerospace)

Location: Platteville, Wisconsin, United States; the role may be onsite in Connecticut, hybrid, or fully remote. U.S. Citizenship is required; dual citizenship must be disclosed. Travel may be required for up to approximately four weeks per year.

Company

hirify.global develops and certifies safety-critical systems for aerospace manufacturers in the United States.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end FPGA development for embedded aerospace and defense systems from concept through integration.
• Translate system and device-level requirements into conceptual and detailed FPGA designs.
• Define hardware–FPGA and software–FPGA interfaces.
• Ensure compliance with DO-254 and AC 20-152A objectives, supporting certification audits, reviews, and data-package development.
• Make, document, and defend technical decisions; conduct formal design reviews and communicate technical status.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers while collaborating with systems, hardware, software, verification, and certification teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering, science, or technical discipline.
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in FPGA, programmable logic, digital hardware, or embedded systems development.
• Strong understanding of embedded hardware architectures, development processes, COTS IP selection and analysis, safety-critical hardware development, and systems engineering processes.
• Experience with VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, or similar hardware design languages.
• Experience with Python or equivalent scripting languages.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation skills.
• Excellent communication and technical leadership skills.
• U.S. Citizenship is required; dual citizenship must be disclosed.
• Availability to travel approximately up to four weeks per year.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid, onsite, or fully remote work arrangements, with employees distributed across multiple U.S. states.
• Annual cash bonus opportunity for all employees.
• Annual retirement benefit opportunity of 2%.
• Training and professional development opportunities.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, critical illness, legal assistance, military leave, and mental health benefits.
• Paid holidays, vacation, sick time, and bereavement leave.