Senior FPGA Hardware Engineer

Viasat - Tempe, AZ

Full-time

Tempe, AZ

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Digital Signal Processing FPGA Engineer at Viasat will play a crucial role in the design, specification, testing, and documentation of digital hardware and FPGA designs. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and informal environment alongside highly motivated engineers, contributing to the development of innovative SATCOM products and systems. The role involves tackling complex technical challenges and mentoring junior engineers while working on advanced digital hardware solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative digital hardware solutions to technical problems.
• Design advanced digital hardware and FPGAs.
• Use interpersonal skills to encourage and build a world-class team.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Work in the lab to develop and integrate world-class digital electronics into advanced systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of digital module and/or FPGA design experience.
• Experience with Verilog/VHDL.
• Experience implementing Digital Signal Processing in FPGAs.
• Experienced in the use of lab equipment including logic analyzers, DMM, and spectrum analyzers.
• Must be able to obtain a United States Secret Clearance.
• US citizenship required.

Nice-to-haves

• Advanced space hardware design experience.
• Hi-Rel FPGA experience using Xilinx and Microsemi Polarfire/RTAX/RTSX/Prosaic.
• Serial interface design experience.
• Experience using Xilinx/Altera design tools including Vivado, EDK, Synplicity, Modelsim, DxDesigner.
• Strong troubleshooting skills.
• MSEE degree.