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# Electrical Engineer - FPGA Firmware

- **Company:** Star, Inc.
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Adobe InDesign, Communications Protocols, Computer Engineering, Digital Electronics, Embedded Software, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Regression Testing, Signal Processing, Software Requirements Analysis, Specman, System on a Chip, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), ModelSim, Git, Physical Design, Software Version Control
- **Published:** October 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.thejobnetwork.com/job/ecc5958b-9235-40ad-b64c-c7f0e256f717/electrical-engineer-fpga-firmware

## About the Role

* Education: Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
 * Experience: 5+ years of experience designing and verifying FPGA gateware in VHDL or Verilog.
 * Familiarity with FPGA/SoC design toolchains, including synthesis, place-and-route, and timing closure.
 * Working knowledge of logic simulation tools (e.g., ModelSim/Questa or equivalent), with experience developing self-checking testbenches, assertions/checkers, and automated regression tests.
 * Experience using Git or equivalent version control for RTL, constraints, testbenches, and reproducible build configurations.

Desired Skills

 * Experience with a verification framework appropriate to the design language, such as UVM (SystemVerilog), OSVVM/UVVM (VHDL), or cocotb (Python); equivalent structured verification experience is welcome.
 * Exposure to implementing real-time control loops in reconfigurable logic.
 * Familiarity with radiation-tolerant or space-qualified FPGA/SoC platforms.
 * Experience with DSP or signal-processing in FPGA fabric.
 * Exposure to spacecraft communications protocols (CCSDS) such as AOS, EPP, TM/TC, SPP.
 * Experience with signal processing for RF communications systems, including communication system signal processing theory and waveform design.
 * Exposure to standard streaming and memory-mapped interfaces (e.g., AMBA AXI, Avalon).
 * Exposure to digital hardware interfaces and architectures, including NAND/NOR/DDR memory interfaces, GigE/10GigE, high-speed SERDES, and LVDS/RS-422/I2C/SPI.
 * MATLAB/Simulink experience is a plus.
 * Working knowledge of manufacturing, assembly, and test processes.

## Description

* Design and verify FPGA gateware (VHDL/Verilog) for control loops and signal processing under established architecture.
 * Utilize, implement, and validate algorithms in FPGAs and firmware.
 * Support simulation, verification, and hardware-in-the-loop testing of FPGA designs.
 * Assist in development of high-level and detailed verification test plans consistent with system requirements and specifications.
 * Perform detailed analysis including requirements analysis, component synthesis, timing, and clock domain crossings.
 * Prepare and participate in design and implementation reviews.
 * Collaborate with digital hardware and embedded software engineers on interface definition.
 * Support qualification of FPGA/SoC platforms for flight applications.