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FPGA/Hardware Engineer (Hardware Engineer, Staff)
FPGA/Hardware Engineer
Join our team of innovators and get a chance to work alongside a team of talented, curious people that are passionate about designing and deploying solutions that are accelerating humanity’s expansion into space.
Our team in Marlborough, MA has been actively accelerating humanity’s expansion into space for multiple decades. During that time, our innovative team has been designing and manufacturing mission-critical, high reliability optical sensors for satellites providing guidance, navigation, situational awareness, and control capabilities.
About the Role
Redwire Space Components, LLC has a current opportunity for a FPGA/Hardware Engineer located at our facility in Marlborough, MA. In this role, you will collaborate with members of the engineering and product management teams to develop space-qualified hardware PCBs and FPGA designs for our flight cameras, navigational sensor products, and other expanded product lines. The development includes circuit design, analysis, test, qualification, design documents, and supporting the transition of products from R&D to manufacturing.
Responsibilities
- Learn applicable product technology, architecture, and design requirements for space-based sensor systems
- Collaborate with the larger product team to produce optimal hardware and FPGA designs for the space environment
- Analyze and document:
- Design specifications
- Design verification plans and reports
- Parts stress analysis
- Worst-case analysis (including radiation effects)
- Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA)
- Work with the software team to:
- Bring up and debug PCB, FPGA, and system-level designs
- Maintain hardware throughout the development cycle
- Design and support the build of any special test equipment, including:
- Interface adapters
- Cables
- Associated commercial test support equipment
- Conduct design verification stress testing to:
- Validate analysis and design margins
- Evaluate noncompliance and develop solutions for product compliance
- Develop novel system design approaches to mitigate radiation hazards and improve:
- Sensor availability
- Mission life extensibility
- Support product release cycles:
- Manufacturing
- Testing
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Ideal Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with eight or more years of relevant design experience. Preference for MSEE degree.
- FPGA development experience, including:
- Architecting RTL designs
- Writing and debugging VHDL/Verilog
- Performing timing closure
- Leading FPGA bring-up
- Guiding system-level integration on new hardware platforms
- Proficiency with professional engineering tools, including:
- Altium or similar PCB design suites
- Git
- SPICE tools
- Signal integrity analysis
- Experience with SoC based architectures and toolchains (e.g., Xilinx Zynq / Vivado), including:
- Synthesis
- Constraints
- Simulation
- Hardware-software interaction
- Experience in:
- Analog circuit design, including:
- Amplifiers
- Filters
- ADC/DAC interfaces
- Power sequencing
- Mixed-signal considerations
- Analog circuit design, including:
- Hands-on lab experience:
- Building prototypes
- Debugging complex hardware
- Using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, and other instrumentation
- Configuring manual and automated test setups
- Experience leading designs through the full hardware development lifecycle:
- Requirements
- Architecture
- Design
- Implementation
- Verification
- Documentation
- Manufacturing release
- Ability to obtain a DoD Security Clearance
- Some limited travel required
Desired Skills
- Experience in mentoring junior engineers, contributing to design reviews, and providing technical leadership across cross-functional teams
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, including abilities for:
- Leading discussions
- Presenting technical rationale
- Producing clear design documentation
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, such as:
- Word (documentation)
- Excel (analysis)
- PowerPoint (presentation)
- Experience with engineering analysis, including:
- Worst-case analysis
- Reliability/derating
- Parts stress
- Thermal analysis
- Knowledge of:
- Isolated and non-isolated DC/DC power conversion
- Current/voltage monitoring and electronic protection schemes
- Familiarity with:
- Designing for radiation environments (TID, SEE, TNID)
- Implementing FPGA-based mitigation techniques
- Experience with:
- EMC design principles
- MIL-STD-461 (RE/CE/RS/CS)
- ESD-robust circuit practices
- Demonstrated ability to:
- Operate independently
- Drive technical solutions
- Provide cross-project guidance
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Growth and Cultural Fit
Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration. We offer a highly competitive benefits package and a commitment to our core values: Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence.
Compensation
Salvary range: $130K/yr. - $170K/yr.
Estimate of Fair Pay
Redwire determines pay based on:
- Local, national, and industry-specific survey data
- External equity and cost of labor/prevailing wage index
- The marketplace for comparable positions
For new hires, competitive offers are made with room for future growth, based on:
- Level of experience
- Education
- Specialized knowledge and skills
- Corresponding external market rates
- Internally budgeted amounts for the position
- Internal equity
Equal Opportunity Employer
Redwire is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment is based on merit, competence, and qualifications and will promise no discrimination on the basis of:
- Race
- Color
- Religion
- Gender
- National origin/ethnicity
- Veteran status
- Disability status
- Age
- Sexual orientation
- Gender identity
- Marital status
- Mental or physical disability
- Any other legally protected status
All offers of employment are contingent upon:
- Clear results of a thorough background check
- Proof of eligibility to work in the U.S.
Some positions may also require U.S. citizenship or ability to obtain a security clearance due to classified program demands.
Export Regulations Note
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be:
- A U.S. citizen
- Lawful permanent resident of the U.S.
- A protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)
- Eligible for U.S. Department of State authorizations
Learn more about ITAR here.
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