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Rocket Lab · 1 day ago

Senior Firmware Engineer II/Principal (FPGA)

Tucson, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Rocket Lab is an end-to-end space company delivering responsive launch services and spacecraft design. The Senior Firmware Engineer II/Principal will support advanced Electro-Optical technology using FPGA technologies, collaborating closely with hardware design teams and contributing to mission-critical solutions for the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community.

AerospaceManufacturingSoftwareSpace Travel

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Work with the hardware design team on requirements

Complete FPGA logic design, coding, simulation, and testing

Support hardware and software development teams in bring-up and test of products

Provide subject-matter expertise regarding design and automated test development procedures to customers and production support team

Perform research and analysis of data, such as customer proposed specifications, datasheets, or manuals to determine design approach and/or feasibility

Execute debugging of the design in the lab

Perform synthesis, implementation, and timing analysis

Qualification

FPGA designDigital firmware designEmbedded systemsC programmingPythonMATLABPCB designProject managementCommunicationTeam leadershipMentoringWork under pressure

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or electrical engineering or equivalent discipline with 8-12 years of experience

Experience in digital firmware design

Active TS/SCI security clearance

Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or electrical engineering or equivalent discipline with 12+ years of experience

Experience in digital firmware design

Active TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred

Ability to obtain and maintain the necessary level of US Government security clearance per customer requirements

Experience with FPGAs and embedded systems in a radiation environment, including SEU/SEL impact and mitigation

Experience in both creating IP from scratch in RTL, and integrating existing IP into RTL and block designs

Familiarity with C, Python or MATLAB and/or experience translating algorithms from a scripted language to HDL

Experience with software interfaces including interrupts and DMA

Experience in project management, team leadership, and/or mentoring

Experience with systems engineering methods including systems trades, requirements management, performance characterization, and interface management

Experience with DDR4, Aurora, and high-speed transceiver design and verification

Familiarity with AXI Stream and AXI Memory Mapped interfaces

Embedded C/C++ software development for ARM processors and MCUs over the full stack including Linux

Experience in FPGA- or ASIC-based image processing algorithms

Ability to work under pressure and adhere to tight deadlines

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to build strong working relationships

PCB design and schematic capture and layout with tools such as Altium Designer

An ownership outlook with the desire to build lasting systems and a willingness to identify gaps, develop plans to address them, and engage stakeholders to fill them