
FPGA Enginer
at Turion Space — Moving Things Around in Space, Imaging Space Objects When We're Not
What the role involves
About Turion Space
Turion Space was formed with the vision of building the technology required for humanity's interplanetary future. To achieve this goal, Turion Space is delivering end-to-end missions, spacecraft, and software to meet current and future space architectures for the US Government, Commercial operators, and downstream consumers.
Turion Space Corp. (TURION) is seeking an FPGA Engineer to join our team in Irvine, CA. You will be involved in developing, testing, and deploying FPGA hardware in a space environment. You will collaborate closely with hardware designers, software engineers, and other team members to integrate FPGA designs into larger systems and contribute to the overall technical strategy of our satellite programs.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver highly reliable FPGA designs for internally designed hardware
Work with engineers across the department to develop new products, from prototype through production and flight
Take ownership of your FPGA designs, including verification testing and writing documentation
Design mission critical FPGAs for spaceflight applications. Participate in on-orbit testing of your designs.
Work in close collaboration with avionics, software, and platform engineers to design and validate FPGA designs
Qualifications
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Proficient in Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or other STEM discipline
Experience
- 5+ years of experience in FPGA development.
- Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to address complex technical challenges and develop effective solutions.
- Attention to Detail: High level of accuracy and attention to detail in designing, testing, and documenting payload systems.
- Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present technical information clearly and collaborate effectively with team members and stakeholders.
- Must be able to obtain a Secret and/or a TS/SCI clearance.
PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Experience working with complex digital designs
- Experience in all stages of FPGA development: RTL design, verification, synthesis, timing analysis, lab bring up/validation
- Experience integrating logic onto SoC platforms and designing high-throughput PS/PL interfaces
- Experience developing firmware for Xilinx FPGA platforms using the Xilinx toolchain
- Experience with high speed serdes links, including GbE, PCI-E or similar
- Experience with high-speed LVDS interfacing
- Experience with image sensor interfacing and image processing
- Experience with networking protocols and packet processing (Ethernet 802.3, IPV4/IPV4, UDP, TCP)
- Experience developing and testing high reliability, safety critical, and fault tolerant systems
- Hardware debug experience, including familiarity with tools such as the oscilloscope, logic analyzer, protocol analyzer (SPI, CAN, Ethernet or similar)
- Experience developing software for embedded systems in C or C++, or significant experience in another software language
- Scripting skills (bash, Perl, Python)
- Familiar with common electronic components and comfortable reading circuit design schematics and contributing to hardware design discussions
- Excellent leadership, communication and teamwork skills
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Must be available to work extended hours and weekends as needed to meet critical deadlines
ITAR Requirements: This position may include access to technology and/or software source code that is subject to U.S. export controls. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
Benefits
- Health Insurance: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Ret
What they ask for
About Turion Space
Turion Space is building spacecraft to move things around in space and image space objects when they’re not, and focused on developing the dual-use technology required to ensure a sustainable future in space. They aim to build a strong foundation selling space domain awareness imagery data while advancing their technology towards an affordable solution for orbital debris removal and eventually asteroid mining. The founding team originates from SpaceX, and after going through the Y-combinator accelerator in summer 2021 went on to raise a $6.2M seed round and is launching their first DROID satellite in early 2023.
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