engineering
Posted 22 hours agoSenior FPGA Engineer
Albuquerque, United StatesOn-site
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain general-purpose and mission specific RTL/Firmware
- Develop and maintain firm ware for peripheral interfaces
- Develop and maintain automated FPGA firmware platform build scripts
- Deploy firmware to physical devices
- Architect and develop firmware for space electronics, including FPGAs, microcontrollers, and RTOS-based systems.
- Optimize embedded software for radiation-hardened and high-reliability environments.
- Conduct system integration, testing, and validation of firmware in simulated and real-world aerospace conditions.
- Support compliance with space industry standards (NASA, ESA, MIL-STD). Required
Requirements
- Worker Type Regular Job Description Summary AV is seeking skilled and adaptable FPGA engineers to work as members of a multi-disciplinary team supporting m multiple technology areas.
- These solutions include digital signal processing algorithms deployed using System on Chip (SoC) or Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) in combination with General Purpose Processors (GPPs) and microcontrollers.
- Serial links and communication interfaces (SpaceWire, SPI, CameraLink, 1Gb+ Ethernet, MIL-1553B)
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
- experience designing using hardware description languages (VHDL or Verilog)
- experience using Xilinx devices (Zynq, Virtex / Kintex) and toolchains (Vivado / ISE) and/or Microchip devices (RTAX / ProASIC / RTG4) and toolchains (Libero). Some
- experience doing firmware development in embedded systems, preferably for aerospace or space applications.
- Knowledge of (serial) communication protocols and standards.
- Familiarity with multiple clock-domain digital design techniques.
- Familiarity with in-system debuggers and logic analyzers.
- Familiarity with designing and managing FPGA physical constraints.
- Familiarity with Tool Command Language (TCL).
- experience taking VHDL or Verilog designs to a hardware environment.
- Familiarity with the Xilinx SoC devices.
- Familiarity with FPGA floorplanning techniques.
- Familiarity with Xilinx System Generator.
- Familiarity with other computing languages (C/C++, Python, Java).
- Familiarity with verification techniques, including linting and constrained random testing.
- Knowledge of RTOS, bare-metal firmware, and hardware-software co-design.
- Experience working with hardware accelerators and space communication protocols.
- Familiarity with other synthesis and simulation environments (Synopsys, Aldec).
- Physical Demands Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment (Frequent) Ability to support field testing and integration assignments.
- From AI-powered drones and loitering munitions to integrated autonomy and space resilience, our technologies shape the future of warfare and protect those who serve.
Experience
- 5 years of professional
Benefits
- (Infrequently) Required to sit and stand for long periods; talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard (Frequent) Clearance Level No Clearance The salary range for this role is: $112,500 - $159,600 AeroVironment considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the location, the role and associated responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, education/training, and key skills.
- benefits package including medical, dental vision, 401K with company matching, a 9/80 work schedule and a paid holiday shutdown.
- We are proud to be an EEO/AA Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.
Contact
- For more information about our company benefit offerings please visit: http://www.avinc.com/myavbenefits .
- We also encourage you to review our company website at http://www.avinc.com to learn more about us. Principals only need apply. NO agencies please.
Additional details
- Our Space Tech division develops high-performance electromechanical, electro-optical, control, and communication systems.
- On any given day, the selected candidate may be asked to:
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US security clearance. Preferred
- ITAR Requirement: This position requires access to information that is subject to compliance with the International Traffic Arms Regulations (“ITAR”) and/or the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”).
- requirements of the ITAR and/or the EAR, applicants must qualify as a U.S. person under the ITAR and the EAR, or a person to be approved for an export license by the governing agency whose technology comes under its jurisdiction.
- Please understand that any job offer that requires approval of an export license will be conditional on AeroVironment’s determination that it will be able to obtain an export license in a time frame consistent with AeroVironment’s business requirements.
- A “U.S. person” according to the ITAR definition is a U.S. citizen, U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), or protected individual such as a refugee or asylee.
- We hire the curious, the relentless, the mission-obsessed.
- We don’t just build defense technology—we redefine what’s possible.
- As the premier autonomous systems company in the U.S., AV delivers breakthrough capabilities across air, land, sea, space, and cyber.