Staff Electrical Engineer, FPGA Development

Long Beach, CAfull timeOn Site

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senior

$175k–$265k

H1B: no

Trueanomalyinc Staff Electrical Engineer leading FPGA development and architecture across spacecraft avionics and payload systems. Responsible for real-time FPGA-based image processing pipeline and establishing digital interface and reliability standards.

Responsibilities

Define and own reconfigurable logic architectures across avionics and payload systems, ensuring common frameworks and IP reuse
Lead the design and development of a real-time FPGA-based image processing pipeline for on-orbit spacecraft detection and tracking from payload camera and RPO sensor inputs
Establish digital interface standards, FPGA reliability standards, and component qualification strategy across programs
Own the FPGA verification methodology across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring reuse and integration with system-level test
Design and implement high-speed Ethernet interfaces, including MAC/PHY integration, Layer 2 switch development, and high-throughput data path design
Optimize avionics architecture at the system level, informing trade studies across performance, cost, reliability, and schedule
Run multi-stream FPGA development efforts, coordinating delivery and holding accountability for program-level outcomes
Coach engineers across teams, codify best practices, and build reusable, scalable design patterns

Qualification

Deep expertise in VHDL and/or VerilogFamiliarity with SpaceWireExposure to CExperience working in a fast-paced

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred)
8+ years of professional FPGA design experience, with demonstrated staff or principal engineer-level contributions
Deep expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog, FPGA synthesis flows, and multi-clock domain design
Demonstrated experience designing real-time image processing pipelines in FPGA fabric
Experience designing high-speed Ethernet interfaces including MAC/PHY integration and Layer 2 Ethernet switch development
Proven ability to architect cross-team solutions, manage ambiguity, and drive program-level delivery

Preferred

Experience with space-qualified or radiation-hardened FPGA families (PolarFire, ProASIC3, SmartFusion2, etc.)
Experience with computer vision algorithms in FPGA fabric (object detection, centroiding, correlation-based tracking)
Familiarity with SpaceWire, PCIe, and embedded bus protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)
Exposure to C, C++, or Python for firmware integration and test automation
Experience working in a fast-paced, startup environment or a similarly dynamic setting