Fpga Engineer (Starshield)

TL;DR

FPGA Engineer (Starshield): Designing and developing FPGAs for safety-critical logic, sensors, cryptography, and RF/optical communications systems within hirify.global’s satellite constellation. Focus on delivering highly reliable firmware, collaborating across departments to develop new products, and taking ownership of firmware products, including verification testing and writing documentation.

Location: Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Salary: $120,000.00 - $170,000.00/per year

Company

hirify.global is actively developing the technologies to make human life on Mars possible.

What you will do

• Deliver highly reliable firmware for hirify.global-designed hardware.
• Work with engineers across the department to develop new products, from prototype through production and flight.
• Take ownership of your firmware products, including verification testing and writing documentation.
• Follow the hirify.global flight software development process and write great firmware for spaceflight.
• Collaborate with avionics, software, and platform engineers to design and validate FPGA designs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, math or other engineering discipline; OR 2+ years of professional software development experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience using Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• This position requires successfully obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment.

Nice to have

• Experience working with complex digital designs.
• Experience in different stages of FPGA development: RTL design, verification, synthesis, timing analysis, lab bring up/validation.
• Experience developing firmware for Xilinx SoC FPGA platforms and designing high-throughput PS/PL interfaces.
• Experience with high speed serial links, including GbE, PCI-E or similar.
• Experience with networking protocols and packet processing (Ethernet 802.3, IPV4/IPV4, UDP, TCP).

Culture & Benefits

• Eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks.
• Accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.