Senior FPGA Design Engineer - New Glenn

Salary range updated, see changes below (effective January 1, 2025).

Application close date:

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We’re working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!  

This role supports the development and operations of New Glenn, a single-configuration, heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle capable of routinely carrying people and payloads to low-Earth orbit, geostationary transfer orbit, cislunar, and beyond. Its first stage is fully reusable, and the vehicle was designed from the beginning to be human-capable.

As part of a diverse and hardworking team you will participate in all aspects of development, implementation, and deployment of FPGA solutions within New Glenn flight avionics.  You will work hand-in-hand with FPGA verification engineers as well as Software, Electrical and Systems teams to build outstanding avionics systems for our New Glenn Orbital Launch Vehicle.

Our FPGA team is tightly knit and very collaborative, with a variety of experience and backgrounds. We care about the success of each other and our peers, and are very willing to help each other learn and grow.

Together we will build high-reliability, safety-critical avionics solutions for our New Glenn Orbital Launch Vehicle.  As such, experience with DO-254 is a plus.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

Responsibilities:

• Working with FPGA Team, Systems, and Software groups
• Generate FPGA Level Requirements Documents
• Develop FPGA Design Documentation
• Use SystemVerilog to code FPGA Design
• Use FPGA Synthesis and Place-and-Route tools to target designs to Xilinx and Microchip FPGAs
• Create Design process artifacts
• Participate in Reviews

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Electrical or Computer Engineering, or related discipline with a digital design focus
• 5+ years FPGA/ASIC design experience
• Strong SystemVerilog/Verilog design skill
• Experience designing, developing high-performance FPGA or ASIC solutions for use in highly integrated (SW and HW) systems
• Full Product Life Cycle development experience — from requirements development through final release
• Self-motivated, collaborative, strong interpersonal team skills; organizational and communication skills
• Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
• Must be comfortable working in Linux and shell scripting
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with DO-254 and/or other development assurance guidelines
• Exposure to fault-tolerant, high-reliability, safety-critical, robust, radiation-tolerant FPGA-based solution development for space-based avionics systems
• Familiarity with MPSoCs, AXI / AXIS, Xilinx, SmartFusion2
• Experience with Modelsim, or Questasim and Synopsys, Vivado, Libero
• Basic programming and scripting skills with Python

 

Compensation Range for:

CO applicants is $139,979.00-$195,969.90;WA applicants is $152,235.00-$213,127.95

Other site ranges may differ

Inclusivity Statement

Don’t meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Export Control Regulations

Applicants for employment at Blue Origin must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.