Senior FPGA Engineer II

Rocket Lab’s Optical Systems division solves mission-critical space domain and Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) challenges for Department of Defense (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) customers. Our vision is to revolutionize the space-based payload market with innovative and novel designs for space, terrestrial, and airborne environments. As a Senior FPGA Engineer II based at our Optical Systems sites in Littleton, CO, you will have the opportunity to support Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency's (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) using the latest FPGA technologies including Xilinx to support advanced Electro-Optical (EO/IR) technology. 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. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or electrical engineering or equivalent discipline with 8+ years of experience. Experience in FPGA firmware design with VHDL. Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Government Security Clearance. Preferred Qualifications Experience with Xilinx/AMD Versal architecture. Experience with FPGAs and embedded systems in a radiation environment, including SEU/SEL impact and mitigation. Experience in FPGA- or ASIC-based image processing algorithms. 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 with DDR4, Aurora, and high-speed transceiver design and verification. Familiarity with AXI Stream and AXI Memory Mapped interfaces. PCB design and schematic capture and layout with tools such as Altium Designer. Active TS/SCI security clearance. This position may require prolonged periods of sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate levels of noise, dust, and fumes in production areas. #J-18808-Ljbffr Rocketlab