FPGA Development Lead
Firefly Aerospace · Posted Nov 5, 2026
- Cedar Park, Texas, United States
- 8+ years
Lead FPGA design and development for Firefly Aerospace launch vehicles, spacecraft, and ground systems.
Responsibilities
- Provide technical direction and mentorship to FPGA engineers
- Drive adoption of best practices in FPGA development, reliability, and design verification
- Own significant portions of FPGA designs from concept through implementation, timing closure, lab bring-up, integration, and verification
- Help establish and refine clear FPGA development processes
- Work closely with embedded software, hardware engineering, systems engineering, and other stakeholders to ensure seamless integration of FPGA designs
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Nice to have: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Nice to have: high-speed interfaces
- Nice to have: SERDES
- Nice to have: PCIe