FPGA Engineer (Space)

Location: Golden, Colorado, United States; onsite in the Golden office 4 days per week.

Salary: $140,000–$160,000 annually, subject to local market, skills, and experience.

Company

hirify.global develops weather intelligence, climate resilience, satellite sensing, AI forecasting, and analytics solutions for organizations and governments.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and verify RTL code for FPGA-based digital systems on weather-sensing satellites.
• Plan and execute PCBA bring-up, troubleshoot issues, and contribute to custom electronic hardware development.
• Collaborate with radar, RF, firmware, software, and hardware engineers to derive requirements and develop PCBA designs.
• Develop and execute performance test plans and verification procedures for radar components and subsystems.
• Review digital circuit, PCBA, hardware, and firmware engineering products and participate in sprint planning, workload leveling, and estimation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field is required; a master’s degree is a plus.
• 3+ years of experience designing FPGAs and digital electronics hardware.
• Thorough understanding of hardware description languages and digital design and verification tools, including literacy in SystemVerilog or VHDL.
• Sufficient PCBA design knowledge to contribute to hardware design reviews.
• Familiarity with laboratory environments and ESD protocols.
• Experience with oscilloscopes, programmable power supplies, digital multimeters, and spectrum analyzers.
• Knowledge of high-speed digital interfaces including PCIe, DDR4/5, JESD204B/C, and 10 BASE-T Ethernet.
• Familiarity with digital signal processing techniques for remote sensing applications and awareness of the EDA software and PCB design lifecycle.
• Due to U.S. export control requirements, candidates must be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or protected individuals unless required licenses are obtained.

Nice to have

• Experience with UVM, UVVM, or OSVM.
• Master’s degree in a STEM field.
• Experience with Altium.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on spaceflight hardware and programmable logic for demanding signal-processing applications.
• Mission-driven environment focused on technical excellence, shared accountability, and climate resilience.
• Comprehensive health benefits and unlimited paid time off.
• Flexible hours, Zoom collaboration, and an office-centered work environment.
• Relocation assistance may be available for certain roles.