FPGA Engineer (Space)

Location: Tempe, Arizona, United States. US citizenship required. Ability to travel up to 10%.

Salary: $117,000–$185,000 annually. For specific work locations in San Jose, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the New York City metropolitan area: $145,000–$218,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops communications products and systems serving consumers, businesses, governments, and militaries worldwide.

What you will do

• Contribute to the architecture, design, and implementation of FPGA-based digital systems.
• Develop RTL in Verilog, SystemVerilog, and VHDL for control, data-processing, and communication functions.
• Integrate and deploy designs on FPGA and FPGA SoC platforms.
• Develop high-speed digital signal-processing and waveform-processing algorithms for satellite communications.
• Bring up, integrate, and debug hardware in the lab using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and other instrumentation.
• Participate in trade studies, utilization analysis, design and code reviews, documentation, validation, and production support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 2+ years of FPGA design experience, including Xilinx Vivado.
• Strong knowledge of SystemVerilog and/or VHDL and experience designing RTL signal-processing blocks.
• Experience creating reusable, maintainable, and scalable designs.
• Ability to read schematics and work closely with hardware design teams.
• US citizenship required; ability to travel up to 10%.

Nice to have

• MSEE degree.
• Experience with SERDES, DDR2/3/4, LVDS, FPGA EDA tools, simulation, and testbench development.
• Familiarity with TCL, Perl, Python, Linux, GitHub, Matlab, and CI/CD practices.
• Experience with lab equipment and strong troubleshooting skills.
• Knowledge of satellite communication waveforms and standards, and familiarity with AI agents such as Claude Code or Copilot.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across small and large engineering teams.
• Opportunity to support next-generation communications products and systems.
• Medical, financial, and other benefits may be provided depending on the position.
• Additional cash or stock incentives may be available.
• Equal-opportunity workplace with accommodations available for applicants with disabilities.