FPGA Engineering Manager

YOUR MISSION

True Anomaly is seeking an innovative FPGA Engineering Manager to lead a small, agile team to design, develop, test, and deploy High Speed Digital and FPGA based solutions for our spacecraft systems. This leader will manage a team of FPGA engineers, ensuring the delivery of high-reliability, radiation-tolerant designs meeting rigorous aerospace and defense standards. Reporting to the Director of Avionics, this role will encompass technical contribution, as well as people management. The successful candidate will be an expert in high speed digital interfaces and spacecraft FPGA design and validation, incorporating experience with best practices, and balanced technical judgement. You will work closely with True Anomaly’s electrical engineering and embedded & flight software development teams to build a robust solution for spacecraft operation. You will be responsible for building design and verification pipelines, performing technical trades, and ensuring on-time delivery of your product.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build, manage, and mentor an FPGA engineering team for spacecraft devices
• Drive the design of FPGAs/SoCs/SoMs and integration of those designs into end item products
• Define FPGA development roadmaps aligned with spacecraft system needs
• Own end-to-end FPGA design activities: requirements capture, architecture, functional block definition, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, verification, and hardware integration
• Develop full systems solutions, including memory interfaces, high speed buses, clock domains, and signal integrity analyses.
• Manage and communicate product development status and issues across entire Product Development Life-Cycle through reviews and demonstrations
• Drive adherence to radiation-hardening and defense/aerospace FPGA development standards.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with systems, software, avionics, and test teams to ensure FPGA functionality integrates seamlessly with the spacecraft
• Establish best practices in design reviews, configuration management, and verification methodologies
• Manage schedules, budgets, and technical risk within the FPGA development domain

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of professional experience with FPGA development and 5+ year of experience with spacecraft systems
• Previous experience as a technical team lead
• Deep expertise with VHDL/Verilog, simulation tools, timing analysis, and FPGA synthesis flows
• Familiarity with Zynq Ultrascale+, ProASIC 3, PolarFire, SmartFusion 2, Artix7, etc. technologies
• Experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, Ethernet, SpaceWire)
• Familiarity with fault-tolerant/redundant design methods (A/B failover, triple modular redundancy, etc.)
• Understanding of radiation effects on digital logic and mitigation strategies

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience with analog and digital electrical design practices
• Familiarity with lab debug tools (power supplies, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.)
• Familiarity with procedural programming languages, such as C, C++, python
• Experience debugging system level interactions in a HIL/SIL environment

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary:  $140,000 - $215,000

• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave 

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience. 

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location—Successful candidates will be located near Centennial or Long Beach, CA. While we observe a hybrid work environment, some work must be done on site.
• Work environment—the work environment; temperature, noise level, inside or outside, or other factors that will affect the person's working conditions while performing the job.
• Physical demands—the physical demands of the job, including bending, sitting, lifting and driving.

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