New Graduate Engineer, ASIC Design (Starshield)

Responsibilities

• Design digital ASICs and/or FPGAs for Starshield projects.
• Evaluate architectural trade-offs based on features, performance requirements and system limitations.
• Derive specifications for the subsystems and circuits, and work with modem/DSP and RFIC engineers to partition functions between hardware and software domains.
• Define micro-architecture, implement the RTL in Verilog/System Verilog, integrate that in top level and deliver the fully verified, synthesis/timing clean design.
• Work closely with verification team to ensure all aspects of the design are covered and verified.
• Provide timing constraints for those IPs and support the physical implementation team (synthesis, timing closure, formality check).
• Participate in silicon bring-up and validation.
• Assist in the development of automated test lab equipment for lab measurements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or computer science.
• Graduating with a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, or PhD in 2026 or 2027.
• 1+ years of experience in RTL implementation and/or FPGA/ASIC development.

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Experience solving problems including clock domain crossings and power optimization.
• Experience developing complex ASICs.
• Experience with multicore CPU subsystem design.
• Experience with standard bus protocols (e.g. AXI, AHB, etc.).
• Experience with embedded processors.
• Experience with high speed and low power design techniques.
• Scripting skills (Python, TCL etc.).
• Experience with EDA tools such as HDL simulators (e.g. VCS, Questa, IES), HDL Lint tools (e.g. Spyglass) and FPGA tools (e.g. Xilinx Vivado, Altera Quartus II).

Additional Requirements

• Ability to work long hours and weekends as necessary to support critical milestones.
• Willingness to travel for off-site testing.
• An active TS-SCI clearance may provide the opportunity for you to work on sensitive SpaceX missions; if so, you will be subject to pre-employment drug and random drug and alcohol testing.