Rocket Lab is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer II to join their Optical Systems division in Chantilly, VA, where they focus on innovative space solutions for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. The role involves FPGA design and requires significant experience in firmware development, particularly in VHDL
Job Summary
Support Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency's (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) by designing FPGAs for spacecraft payloads.
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 their Optical Systems division in Chantilly, VA, where they focus on innovative space solutions for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. The role involves FPGA design and requires significant experience in firmware development, particularly in VHDL.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
FPGA firmware design
VHDL
Hardware design requirements
FPGA logic design
Simulation and testing
Debugging in lab
Synthesis and timing analysis
Nice-to-have
Xilinx/AMD Versal architecture
Radiation environment experience
FPGA/ASIC image processing
Software interfaces (interrupts, DMA)
High-speed transceiver design
AXI Stream and Memory Mapped interfaces
PCB design and schematic capture
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, lawful U.S. permanent resident, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations.