Senior FPGA Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Redwood City, California, United States. U.S. ITAR eligibility is required: candidates must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, protected individuals, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. government authorizations.

Salary: $150,000–$250,000 per year, with flexibility between salary and equity-based compensation.

Company

hirify.global builds radar satellite systems and a coordinated constellation designed to create high-resolution, real-time 3D maps of Earth for disaster response, infrastructure resilience, and mission-critical intelligence.

What you will do

• Contribute to bring-up and integration of FPGA-based platforms, including Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoCs.
• Design and implement FPGA modules for reliable, high-throughput data movement.
• Develop embedded software and firmware for radar sensors, communication links, and satellite systems.
• Build and maintain Linux-based embedded systems using PetaLinux and Yocto.
• Create Python automation, diagnostic, and testing tools for development and validation.
• Collaborate with digital, RF, signal processing, and systems engineers to evaluate performance, debug issues, and refine embedded architectures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5–8 years of FPGA design and development experience.
• Experience with Xilinx FPGA design tools and workflows.
• Experience with embedded C/C++ firmware development.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, with the ability to work under significant time constraints.
• U.S. ITAR eligibility and on-site work in Redwood City are required.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with complex embedded systems, custom SoCs, Linux kernel drivers, and hardware-software interfaces.
• Hands-on FPGA build and deployment experience, including PetaLinux or Yocto.
• Experience with satellite systems, aerospace applications, schematic diagrams, or Python automation and testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on an end-to-end satellite product and a real-time Earth observation constellation.
• Collaborate across digital, RF, signal processing, and systems engineering disciplines.
• Competitive compensation with flexibility between salary and equity.
• Interview process conducted via Google Meet and typically completed within 2–4 weeks.

Hiring process

• Interviews are conducted via Google Meet.
• The typical process takes approximately 2–4 weeks from start to finish.