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# Senior Software / FPGA Systems Engineer

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** Seal Beach, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Design of User Interfaces, Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Real Time Systems, Software Verification, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/15C6A5CF40FA46789E24A6D75A68E493/job/

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related technical discipline
 * Strong systems engineering experience involving software, firmware, FPGA, or embedded systems
 * Experience developing software or FPGA requirements
 * Experience with requirements decomposition and traceability
 * Experience with software/FPGA integration and test
 * Understanding of hardware/software interfaces Knowledge of software verification, validation, and qualification activities
 * Experience working across software, electrical, hardware, systems, and test engineering teams
 * Understanding of systems engineering processes through CDR
 * Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills
 * Active TS/SCI clearance required to start
 * Aerospace, defense, satellite, or spacecraft software experience
 * Experience with mission-critical or embedded real-time systems
 * Experience integrating FPGA-based solutions with software and hardware
 * Experience with system-level I&T
 * Software qualification experience
 * MBSE experience
 * Experience with highly autonomous space systems
 * Space hardware experience
 * Previous technical leadership experience

## Description

We are seeking a Senior Software / FPGA Systems Engineer to provide systems engineering leadership for complex software, firmware, and FPGA-enabled space systems.

This individual will serve as a technical bridge between higher-level system requirements and the engineers designing and implementing software and FPGA solutions. The engineer will support requirements definition, interface development, architecture, integration, qualification, verification, and testing.

This is a systems engineering position rather than a pure software development role, although candidates should possess sufficient software and FPGA knowledge to work effectively with development teams.

Key Responsibilities - Lead systems engineering activities supporting software and FPGA-based solutions - Translate system-level requirements into software and FPGA requirements - Develop, decompose, allocate, and manage software-related requirements - Define hardware/software and software/FPGA interface requirements - Support software and FPGA architecture development - Ensure traceability between system requirements and implementation-level requirements - Coordinate software, FPGA, hardware, systems, and test engineering organizations - Support software/FPGA integration and test - Develop system-level verification strategies for software and FPGA requirements - Support software qualification activities - Define verification methods and acceptance criteria - Identify and resolve software/system interface issues - Support system I&T and SEIT activities - Participate in technical reviews and design reviews, including development through CDR - Support integration of software
and FPGA elements into larger space-system architectures - Evaluate technical risks related to software, FPGA, hardware/software interfaces, and system integration - Support mission-critical and high-reliability system development