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Senior Engineer, FPGA, MEO
Luxembourg - Betzdorf
Role Description
MEO100 is the next generation of SES's Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites. It will provide secure connectivity services for governments, enterprises, and commercial customers, while delivering high-speed broadband to eliminate connectivity dead zones.
We are seeking a dynamic FPGA Engineer to join our growing aerospace team. To accelerate schedules, reduce costs, and ensure quality, SES is bringing critical payload integration activities in-house, combining partner satellite platforms with SES's software-defined payload inside a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facility.
You will contribute to the development of NGSO satellite payloads, supporting the definition of FPGA/RFSoC/Processor-based subsystems that form part of SES's high-throughput NGSO transport network. These include regenerative on-board processors, digital beam-forming antenna subsystems, and user terminal modems. Designs may rely on FPGA, SoC, processors, COTS ASICs, or custom ASICs, and must be harmonised with the complete space payload and ground terminals (active antennas, optical terminals, on-board computers, etc.).
As a Senior Engineer, FPGA, MEO, you will be in charge of:
YOUR PROFILE :
COMPETENCIES
1.Must have :
2.Nice to have:
Other requirements
The job responsibilities outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may evolve over time and be reviewed according to business needs.
SES and its Affiliated Companies are committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
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Luxembourg - Betzdorf
Role Description
MEO100 is the next generation of SES's Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites. It will provide secure connectivity services for governments, enterprises, and commercial customers, while delivering high-speed broadband to eliminate connectivity dead zones.
We are seeking a dynamic FPGA Engineer to join our growing aerospace team. To accelerate schedules, reduce costs, and ensure quality, SES is bringing critical payload integration activities in-house, combining partner satellite platforms with SES's software-defined payload inside a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facility.
You will contribute to the development of NGSO satellite payloads, supporting the definition of FPGA/RFSoC/Processor-based subsystems that form part of SES's high-throughput NGSO transport network. These include regenerative on-board processors, digital beam-forming antenna subsystems, and user terminal modems. Designs may rely on FPGA, SoC, processors, COTS ASICs, or custom ASICs, and must be harmonised with the complete space payload and ground terminals (active antennas, optical terminals, on-board computers, etc.).
As a Senior Engineer, FPGA, MEO, you will be in charge of:
- Evaluate and select radiation-tolerant FPGA/SoC/ASIC solutions for wireless system architectures, balancing throughput, cost, and power.
- Implement radio access network/modem platforms for satellite communications, from system and hardware specifications through RTL design, optimising for silicon area, performance, and power.
- Design and implement digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms on FPGA, meeting strict performance, power, and latency constraints.
- Review, integrate, and validate third-party firmware/software developments within FPGA systems.
- Define and support risk-mitigation activities, including prototype testing, lab validation, and in-orbit demonstrations.
- Provide performance analysis to payload and user terminal stakeholders, supporting higher-level system design and integration.
- Document design specifications, trade studies, test plans, and verification reports.
- Build verification test benches and create automated end-to-end test pipelines.
- Stay current with and apply communication standards relevant to satellite systems.
YOUR PROFILE :
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 7+ years of FPGA/SoC/ASIC-based electronic equipment design, preferably in the space sector.
- Hands-on experience implementing FPGA, RFSoC, ASIC, and/or processor-based designs.
- Fluency in English; other languages are an asset.
- Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities
- High sensitivity to customers' needs and capacity to find solutions to complex technical problems and overcome obstacles to deliver a high quality of service
COMPETENCIES
1.Must have :
- Strong knowledge of digital equipment development flows, focusing on high-speed DSP PCB design, interconnects, and integration/testing.
- Proficiency in FPGA/SoC/Processor architecture selection and development flows.
- Solid theoretical and practical background in DSP; experience designing high-speed DSP blocks across multiple power/clock domains.
- Proven experience designing, implementing, and testing DSP algorithms in RTL code.
- Hands-on experience with Xilinx FPGA platforms (RFSoC, Versal Gen1/Gen2).
- Expertise in optimising DSP algorithms for area, power, and performance.
- Design/verification experience with mixed-signal ICs (ADCs, DACs, modems, channelizers, beamformers), high-speed SerDes (JESD204C, PCIe, Ethernet), and low-speed interfaces (CAN, SPI, I²C, RS-422/485).
- Experience in high-speed logic design.
- Experience with Vivado IDE.
- Experience supporting hardware bring-up and system integration.
- Skilled in FPGA internal logic analyser tools (ILA, Chipscope, SignalTap).
- Scripting experience (Tcl, Python).
2.Nice to have:
- UVM verification methodology
- Lab instruments (Logic Analyser, Oscilloscope, etc.)
- C or MATLAB programming
- Design for fault tolerance and space reliability (e.g., SEU mitigation, system monitoring)
- High-speed interface design (SerDes, Ethernet, PCIe)
Other requirements
- The candidate must be eligible for a "SECRET" security clearance, in accordance with the "loi modifiée du 15 juin 2004 relative à la classification des pièces et aux habilitations de sécurité", as well as EU/ESA/NATO equivalents
- Willing to work at least 60% onsite from office
- Travel as required for project realization purposes
The job responsibilities outlined in this document are not exhaustive and may evolve over time and be reviewed according to business needs.
SES and its Affiliated Companies are committed to providing fair and equal employment opportunities to all. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, protected veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law.
For more information on SES, click here .
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as generous, with a global minimum of paid annual leave plus additional volunteering days. Formal leave policies appear consistent across many locations, which strengthens work-life balance.
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