Senior FPGA Engineer II
Role Overview
The Senior FPGA Engineer II role supports advanced electro-optical space payloads for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The role is based in Tucson, Arizona and supports Rocket Lab Optical Systems.
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About Rocket Lab
Rocket Lab builds rockets, spacecraft, and critical subsystems for space, national security, and defense missions.
The Space Systems division develops spacecraft, payloads, flight software, optical systems, radios, and related components.
Role Overview
The Senior FPGA Engineer II role supports advanced electro-optical space payloads for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture.
The role is based in Tucson, Arizona and supports Rocket Lab Optical Systems.
Responsibilities
- Work with the hardware design team on requirements.
- Complete FPGA logic design, coding, simulation, and testing.
- Support hardware and software development teams in product bring-up and test.
- Provide design and automated test development expertise to customers and production support teams.
- Analyze customer specifications, datasheets, and manuals to determine design approach and feasibility.
- Debug designs in the lab.
- Perform synthesis, implementation, and timing analysis.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or an equivalent discipline.
- At least 8 years of experience writing FPGA firmware from scratch in VHDL.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government security clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Xilinx/AMD Versal architecture.
- Experience with radiation-environment FPGAs and embedded systems, including SEU/SEL mitigation.
- Experience with FPGA- or ASIC-based image processing algorithms.
- Experience creating and integrating RTL IP.
- Familiarity with C, Python, MATLAB, HDL translation, interrupts, and DMA.
- Experience with DDR4, Aurora, high-speed transceivers, AXI interfaces, PCB design, and Altium Designer.
Physical and Workplace Requirements
- The position requires commuting to buildings and may involve prolonged sitting, standing, walking, and computer work.
- The role may include occasional exposure to moderate noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.
- The job requires close, distance, peripheral, and depth vision, the ability to focus, and regular use of hands and fingers.
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