Senior Fpga Engineer Ii

Rocket Lab

Long Beach, CA, United States
Base: $131,300 - $218,700; bonus/equity: not speci...
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Xilinx fpgas in vhdl
Fpga firmware design
Hardware design team collaboration
** Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer II to join its Optical Systems division in Long Beach, CA. The role involves designing Xilinx FPGAs using VHDL to support space-related projects, and requires a strong background in FPGA firmware design with a minimum of eight years of experience. **

Job Summary

  • Design Xilinx FPGAs in VHDL to support Tranche 3 of the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
  • Work with the hardware design team on requirements, complete FPGA logic design, coding, simulation, and testing.
  • Provide subject-matter expertise regarding design and automated test development procedures to customers and production support team.

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** Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer II to join its Optical Systems division in Long Beach, CA. The role involves designing Xilinx FPGAs using VHDL to support space-related projects, and requires a strong background in FPGA firmware design with a minimum of eight years of experience. **

Salary

Base: $131,300 - $218,700; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Robust benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k) with match

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Xilinx FPGAs in VHDL
  • FPGA firmware design
  • hardware design team collaboration
  • debugging in the lab
  • synthesis, implementation, timing analysis

Nice-to-have

  • Xilinx/AMD Versal architecture
  • radiation environment experience
  • FPGA/ASIC image processing
  • integrating existing IP
  • software interfaces (interrupts, DMA)
  • high-speed transceiver design

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or electrical engineering or equivalent discipline
  • 8+ years of experience
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance

Work Rights

Must be a U.S. citizen or lawful U.S. permanent resident

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