# FPGA Developer

AscendArc is a venture-backed startup transforming the future of satellite communications by fundamentally changing the economics of GEO satellites. We’re developing a new approach to satellite design and production to deliver dramatically better bandwidth economics and expand access to reliable, affordable connectivity around the world. Position Summary We are seeking an experienced FPGA Developer to play a critical role in developing and advancing the communications technology behind our next-generation spacecraft. This is an opportunity to take ownership of FPGA development, working across digital signal processing, software-defined radio (SDR), and spacecraft integration. You'll work with existing modulation, demodulation, and packet-switching IP cores, bringing these systems together while developing custom DSP functionality and the interfaces that allow the spacecraft to command, control, and communicate with the radio. Beyond hands-on RTL development, you'll have the opportunity to influence technical direction, solve complex engineering challenges, and help shape the future of our communications architecture. This is a highly collaborative, hands-on role for an engineer who

- **Id**: 4041027
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ascend-arc-learn-more-fpga-developer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: stated_countries
- **Remote scope basis**: posting_text
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Beaverton, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 1
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-10T21:46:58Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-10
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T22:12:13Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4673
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Satellite Communications, C4ISR, Military Communication

## Company

- **Id**: 3790022
- **Name**: Ascend Arc Learn More
- **Domain**: ascendarc.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ascend-arc-learn-more>
- **Size band**: 1-10
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Gem

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 58
- **Open postings**: 10
- **Ghost share**: 0.7
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 180000
- **Max**: 230000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 230000

## Technologies

- **Cocotb** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **SystemVerilog** — Optional: no
- **UVM** — Optional: no
- **VHDL** — Optional: no
- **Xilinx Vivado** — Optional: no
- **Formal Verification** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-10T22:12:13Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-11T00:05:46Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 230000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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