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If you enjoy working in a startup environment, and are passionate about developing leading-edge hardware for satellites, spacecraft, and aerospace systems, we would like to hear from you.\nAs a Lead FPGA Research Engineer in CesiumAstro's Advanced Projects Group, and in collaboration with the senior technical trajectory team, you will be responsible for architecting, developing, maintaining and ultimately owning the company's FPGA prototyping testbed. You will also support advanced prototyping for CesiumAstro’s next-gen product development efforts. The FPGA prototyping testbed consists various types of development boards with a focus on (but not exclusive to) AMD devices (VCK190, VMK180, VPK180, VEK385, etc.) including associated test equipment (arbitrary waveform generators, oscilloscopes and logic analyzers) along with a state-of-the-art UVMf simulation and verification environment based on a high-performance Linux-based compute cluster. The FPGA prototyping environment serves as an internal company resource for performing and implementing a wide variety of engineering evaluation tasks related to device performance and tooling/flow evaluations.\nIn this position, you will work closely with the senior technical trajectory team to perform and deliver engineering analysis related to power, thermal, device utilization and compute performance using modern space-qualified programmable logic devices. Additionally, you will lead large-scale cutting-edge prototype implementations using regression-gated Linux-based Ci/Cd automation infrastructure.\nJOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES\nDevelop advanced FPGA architectures, RTL designs, interface solutions, and digital hardware concepts supporting complex products, emerging technologies, and future product capabilities.\nContribute to the development of new FPGA design principles, implementation techniques, verification methodologies, and engineering approaches that improve product performance and technical capability.\nLead unusually complex engineering studies, design evaluations, and technical investigations requiring innovative solutions and advanced engineering expertise.\nDirect highly complex FPGA integration, hardware bring-up, verification, debugging, qualification, and design validation activities across critical development efforts.\nEvaluate simulation results, timing closure, hardware performance, laboratory measurements, engineering risks, and system interactions while developing innovative technical solutions.\nGuide implementation of advanced verification approaches, qualification strategies, engineering improvements, and technical recommendations supporting successful product development.\nServe as a technical advisor to engineering leadership, customers, and program teams on advanced FPGA technologies, complex engineering challenges, and product development activities.\nLead advanced technical reviews, engineering investigations, customer discussions, and multidisciplinary design efforts requiring specialized FPGA expertise.\nMentor senior FPGA Engineers while promoting advanced engineering practices and supporting development of technical capability across engineering teams.\nAdvance FPGA engineering practices through development of innovative design approaches, verification methods, implementation techniques, and engineering tools.\nEvaluate existing FPGA technologies, engineering methods, and 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