Staff HDL Hardware Engineer

Responsibilities

• Serve as digital hardware design engineer for spacecraft avionics, with involvement in all phases at different levels of assembly including requirements development, design, prototyping, bring-up, testing, debug, design iteration, and eventual transition to a production environment
• Synthesize design requirements from unit level and system level specifications
• Write HDL for variety of FPGAs and verify it using simulation and test
• Create test benches for your designs
• Troubleshoot performance during hardware testing/bring-up
• Create interface and design description documentation to support the Flight Software (FSW) verification and validation process
• Interface with external suppliers to develop specifications, exchange data and deliverables, troubleshoot issues, and develop integration and test approaches.
• Participate in Research & Development initiatives and provide support for the establishment of new avionics products.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related field involving training in digital electronics design
• 10+ years of experience in digital design including HDL programming (VHDL preferred), test bench development, and prototype testing
• Experience with embedded processors in a SoC FPGA and the programmable logic-processor interfaces associated with those
• Demonstrated ability to write test benches utilizing ModelSim, Vivado Simulator, or similar
• Hands on lab experience using multi-meters, oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, programmable power supplies, etc.
• Experience with implementing, prototyping, and bringing up high speed interfaces
• Excellent interpersonal skills and belief in a strong collaborative approach within a multi-disciplinary team
• Must be a U.S. Person

Preferred Qualifications

• Delivery of multiple products including full ownership from initial concept and architecture definition all the way through production and final implementation
• Experience in such as precision voltage references, oscillators, supervisory circuits, and ADCs
• Experience in component selection for devices such as FPGAs, ADCs, DDR, NVRAM, and high speed transceivers (LVDS, Ethernet PHYs, etc)
• Experience in 10Gb Ethernet or PCIe
• Experience designing electronics for use in a space environment
• Experience with Microchip and AMD/Xilinx FPGA development
• Experience designing automated test equipment using Python
• Proficiency with C, C++, Perl, Python

Benefits

Life at BlackSky for full-time benefits eligible employees includes:

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, group term life and AD&D, voluntary life and AD&D insurance
• BlackSky pays 100% of employee-only premiums for medical, dental and vision and contributes $100/month for out-of-pocket expenses!
• 15 days of PTO, 11 Company holidays, four Floating Holidays (pro-rated based on hire date), one day of paid volunteerism leave per year, parental leave and more
• 401(k) pre-tax and Roth deferral options with employer match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Employee Assistance and Travel Assistance Programs
• Employer matching donations
• Professional development
• Awesome swag

• The anticipated salary range for candidates in the Great Seattle Area, WA is 160,000 -180,000 per year.
• The final compensation package offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on specific background and education.
• BlackSky is a multi-state employer, and this pay scale may not reflect salary ranges in other states or locations outside of the Great Seattle Area.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

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