FPGA Development Engineer (Mid level)

Location: East Hartford, Connecticut, USA; onsite, hybrid, or fully remote within the United States.

Company

hirify.global develops and certifies safety-critical systems for aerospace manufacturers in the United States.

What you will do

• Perform end-to-end FPGA development for embedded aerospace and defense systems, from concept through integration.
• Lead requirements, design, implementation, and development activities for safety-critical airborne systems.
• Maintain hardware–FPGA and software–FPGA interfaces.
• Ensure FPGA development artifacts comply with DO-254 and AC 20-152A objectives.
• Maintain accurate device-level implementation and requirements traceability.
• Collaborate with hardware, software, verification, and certification teams, communicate technical status, and support junior engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related engineering, science, or technical discipline.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in FPGA, programmable logic, digital hardware, or embedded systems development.
• Strong knowledge of embedded hardware architectures and development processes.
• Experience with VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, or similar hardware design languages, plus Python or equivalent scripting languages.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigation skills.
• U.S. Citizenship is required; dual citizenship must be disclosed. Ability to travel for up to approximately two weeks per year is also required.

Culture & Benefits

• Primarily remote work with employees across multiple U.S. states, alongside onsite and hybrid options.
• Annual cash bonus opportunity for all employees.
• Annual retirement benefit opportunity of 2%.
• Training and professional development opportunities.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus paid holidays and vacation, sick, and bereavement leave.
• Mental health support, life insurance, critical illness insurance, legal assistance, and military leave.