FPGA/Hardware Engineer (Hardware Engineer, Staff)

About the role

Redwire Space Components, LLC has a current opportunity for a FPGA/Hardware Engineer located at our facility in Marlborough, MA. This role involves collaborating 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.

Responsibilities

• Learn applicable product technology, architecture, and design requirements for space-based sensor systems
• Collaborate with the larger product team to effectively 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, and failure modes and effects analysis
• 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 build of any special equipment needed including interface adapters, cables, and associated commercial support equipment
• Conduct design verification stress testing to validate analysis and design margins. Evaluate any noncompliance’s and develop solutions to bring the product into compliance
• Develop novel system design approaches to mitigate radiation hazards to improved sensor availability or extend mission life
• Support product release cycles, including manufacturing and testing

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with eight or more years of relevant design experience. MSEE is a plus
• FPGA development experience, including architecting RTL designs, writing and debugging VHDL/Verilog, performing timing closure, leading FPGA bring up, and guiding system level integration on new hardware platforms
• Proficiency with professional engineering tools including Altium or similar PCB design suites, Git, SPICE tools, and signal-integrity analysis
• Experience with SoC based architectures and toolchains (e.g., Xilinx Zynq / Vivado), including synthesis, constraints, simulation, and hardware software interaction
• Experience in analog circuit design, including amplifiers, filters, ADC/DAC interfaces, power sequencing, and mixed-signal considerations
• Hands-on lab experience building prototypes, debugging complex hardware, and using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, and other instrumentation in both manual and automated setups
• Experience leading designs through the full hardware development lifecycle: requirements, architecture, design, implementation, verification, documentation, and manufacturing release

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring junior engineers, contributing to design reviews, and providing technical leadership across cross-functional teams
• Excellent oral and written communication skills for leading discussions, presenting technical rationale, and producing clear design documentation
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, for documentation, analysis, and presentation of engineering work
• Experience with engineering analysis such as worst-case analysis, reliability/derating, parts stress, and thermal analysis
• Experience with isolated and non-isolated DC/DC power conversion, current/voltage monitoring, and electronic protection schemes
• Familiarity designing for radiation environments (TID, SEE, TNID) and implementing FPGA-based mitigation techniques
• Experience with EMC design principles, MIL-STD-461 (RE/CE/RS/CS), and ESD-robust circuit practices
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently, drive technical solutions, and provide guidance across projects

Skills

• Experience with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, for documentation, analysis, and presentation of engineering work
• Experience with engineering analysis such as worst-case analysis, reliability/derating, parts stress, and thermal analysis
• Experience with isolated and non-isolated DC/DC power conversion, current/voltage monitoring, and electronic protection schemes
• Familiarity designing for radiation environments (TID, SEE, TNID) and implementing FPGA-based mitigation techniques
• Experience with EMC design principles, MIL-STD-461 (RE/CE/RS/CS), and ESD-robust circuit practices
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently, drive technical solutions, and provide guidance across projects

Benefits

Grow with us as we innovate the next generation capabilities for a new era of space exploration! We offer a highly competitive benefits package along with a commitment to our core values of Integrity, Innovation, Impact, Inclusion, and Excellence. Salary range: $130K/yr. - $170K/yr.