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# Hardware/FPGA Engineer

- **Company:** Viasat, Inc.
- **Location:** Tempe, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Board Bringup, Artificial Intelligence, Altium Designer, Computer Engineering, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Electronic Design Automation, Perl (Programming Language), Network Interface Controllers, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Hardware Design, Python (Programming Language), Network Protocols, Microsoft Copilot, Schematic Capture, Signal Integrity, Specman, SystemVerilog, Tcl (Programming Language), Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Vivado, Data Processing, Scripting, Serial Peripheral Interface, Fpga Hardware, Claude Code, ModelSim, Git
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25197_dd32fba998c0f22bf2a56f74ca491a2e

## About the Role

* Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
 * 4+ years of combined experience in high-speed digital board design and FPGA/RTL development.
 * Proficiency in writing synthesizable RTL in SystemVerilog, Verilog, or VHDL.
 * Hands-on experience with FPGA design suites and EDA tools (e.g., AMD/Xilinx Vivado, Intel/Altera Quartus, Synopsys Synplify).
 * Hands-on experience with schematic capture tools (e.g., Mentor Xpedition, Cadence, or Altium).
 * Strong laboratory debugging skills integrating firmware onto physical target boards.
 * US citizenship.
 * Ability to travel up to 10%., * Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering (MSEE).
 * Experience with space-grade FPGAs (Xilinx Radiation Tolerant, Microchip RTG4, or equivalent).
 * Experience with FPGA simulation and testbench development (ModelSim, Questa, etc.).
 * Familiarity with scripting languages (Python, TCL, or Perl) for automation.
 * Experience with EEE-INST-002, NASA, or ESA parts selection, screening, and derating guidelines.
 * Familiarity with radiation effects on electronics (TID, SEE, SEL).
 * Familiarity with Git, CI/CD practices, and AI development tools (Claude Code, Copilot).

## Description

As a Hardware Design Engineer, you will support the end-to-end development of advanced digital processing systems, high-speed digital boards, and FPGA-based subsystems for space-based and mission-critical communication platforms. You will serve as a key technical contributor, bridging the hardware-firmware boundary by owning the hardware lifecycle of complex board designs-including high-speed digital schematic capture, SoC integration, and mixed-signal circuit design with high-resolution ADC/DAC interfaces-while simultaneously designing, simulating, and implementing high-speed signal-processing algorithms and network protocols in FPGAs. Your responsibility will span the entire product development lifecycle from early conceptual requirements, block diagrams, and synthesizable RTL development (SystemVerilog/VHDL), through hardware-firmware co-design, board-level bring-up, and laboratory integration, all the way to worst-case analysis (WCA), power/signal integrity verification, and flight
qualification in a rigorous space and flight environment.

The day-to-day

 * Design and implement high-speed digital boards, including schematic capture and layout guidelines.
 * Develop, simulate, and verify FPGA RTL (using SystemVerilog, Verilog, or VHDL) for control, data processing, and communication functions.
 * Integrate and deploy firmware onto FPGA and FPGA SoC platforms.
 * Design high-speed interfaces (DDR4, SERDES, UART, I2C, SPI, LVDS) and perform signal/power integrity simulations using HyperLynx.
 * Conduct worst-case analysis (WCA) to verify electrical design margins across space environment conditions.
 * Lead laboratory board bring-up, hardware/firmware integration, and debug using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and spectrum analyzers.
 * Apply flight hardware and firmware design practices, working within radiation-tolerant, high-reliability component and thermal constraints.
 * Author and maintain comprehensive design documentation, including schematics, block diagrams, testbenches, and interface control documents.