Planet · 1 week ago
Senior FPGA Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$163K/yr - $203K/yr
6+ years expPlanet is a company that designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. The Senior FPGA Engineer will play a pivotal role in designing FPGA-based systems critical to the imaging operations of satellites, collaborating with various engineering teams to deliver validated designs.
AerospaceAnalyticsBig DataGeospatialRemote SensingSoftware
Responsibilities
Design custom FPGA-based data pipelines, DSP, and digital comms; integrate 3rd party IP; perform timing analysis and closure
Verify your design in simulation and in the lab and support automated validation
Collaborate with EEs and firmware engineers to develop custom hardware and software around your designs
Contribute to defining FPGA architectures, selecting components, analyzing performance
Qualification
Required
6+ years of experience designing, verifying, and validating FPGA-based digital designs
Expertise in writing SystemVerilog RTL
Expertise in scripting and programming (Python, C++, shell)
Hands-on test and debugging experience with oscilloscopes and logic analyzers
Advanced knowledge of version control systems (eg., git) and managing releases to production
Ability to read and provide input into electrical schematics
Preferred
Experience in hardware / software co-design
Experience with HLS and Xilinx Versal devices
Experience with imaging sensor interfaces and image processing pipelines
Experience with designing pipelines for AI/ML, DSP, or comms systems
Experience integrating high speed serial protocols including PCIe/NVMe, MIPI, CameraLink, JESD204B, etc
Benefits
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
Volunteering Paid Time Off
Company
Planet
Planet is an aerospace and data analytics company that builds small satellites and delivers information about the changing planet.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.03BKey Investors
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2025-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $460M
2021-12-08Post Ipo Equity· $200M
2021-12-08IPO
Leadership Team
Will Marshall
Co-Founder & CEO
Robbie Schingler
Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer
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