Senior FPGA Engineer (Space AI)

Location: Delft, Netherlands

Salary: €5,000–€7,000 gross/month, full-time, based on experience

Company

S&T develops space-data processing platforms, software frameworks, information products, and consultancy solutions across space, science, defence, security, environment, sustainability, and high-tech domains.

What you will do

• Lead FPGA engineering processes, mentor junior and medior FPGA Engineers, and conduct design reviews.
• Translate system-level requirements into FPGA architectures, firmware designs, and simulation and verification environments.
• Develop, verify, and qualify radiation-tolerant FPGA firmware for spacecraft applications.
• Implement and integrate Ethernet, SpaceFibre, PCIe, and other high-speed communication interfaces and protocols.
• Design and optimize 100+ Gbps data-routing architectures addressing cybersecurity, performance, and fault tolerance.
• Develop FPGA interfaces and drivers for machine-learning and algorithm accelerators, review PCB schematics, and collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Requirements

• BSc or MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of dedicated FPGA Engineering experience, including strong VHDL and FPGA-based digital design experience.
• Strong experience designing SystemVerilog testbenches and using Siemens Questa for simulation and verification.
• Experience with AMD and/or Microchip FPGA technologies.
• Practical knowledge of radiation effects and mitigation techniques for FPGAs used in space environments.
• Experience implementing CAN, PCIe, and Ethernet interfaces; knowledge of SpaceWire and SpaceFibre.
• Experience designing high-throughput data routers or switching architectures.
• Experience implementing machine-learning workloads or algorithm accelerators and signal-processing algorithms such as FIR, IIR, and FFT on FPGA platforms.
• Strong programming skills in C, C++, and Python, in addition to HDL development.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using Git, CMake, and GCC, plus proficiency in reading and understanding PCB schematics.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on innovative technologies and challenging projects in the Defence & Security domain with operational impact.
• Collaborate with skilled engineers and domain experts in a modern, flexible working environment.
• Contribute to solutions supporting the protection of people, infrastructure, and society.
• Yearly company fun trip abroad.

Hiring process

• Apply through the application form or send a CV and motivational letter to recruitment@stcorp.nl.
• Recruitment agencies are not accepted; applicants may assume another candidate was selected if they receive no response within 10 days.