SLD Avionics FPGA Engineer III - Lunar Permanence

About the role

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin’s Blue Moon landers and related products. The goal is to build sustainable infrastructure for transporting crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

Responsibilities

• Develop firmware requirements in coordination with systems engineering, hardware engineering, software engineering and subsystem owners.
• Develop FPGA design and verification utilizing hardware description languages.
• Develop tests and the associated documentation.
• Participate in design reviews.
• Work directly with NASA and our National Team Partners as part of the Human Landing System (HLS) Sustaining Lunar Development (SLD) program.
• Play a key role in developing the Lunar Transportation system that will return humans to the Moon and extend human presence permanently beyond the bounds of Earth.

Requirements

• Bachelor's/Master’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, aerospace, or related fields.
• 5+ years of FPGA/ASIC design and verification work experience.
• Proficient in writing RTL using Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL (SystemVerilog desired).
• Strong understanding of FPGA design concepts, CDC, constraint definition, STA, and timing closure.
• Proficient with FPGA development tools such as Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus, Lattice Diamond/Radiant, or Microchip Libero.
• Proficient with ModelSim/QuestaSim or equivalent simulators.
• Proficient in writing testbenches utilizing techniques such as UVM/OVM, SV Assertion, and/or functional/code coverage analysis.
• Debugging failures in simulation to root cause problems.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of FPGA/ASIC development experience.
• Proficient with scripting languages like Perl or Python or Tcl is a plus.
• Experience with common on-chip bus protocols such as AMBA (AXI, AHB, APB) is a plus.
• Experience with IEEE 802.3, XAUI, JESD204, I2C, SPI interfaces.
• Working knowledge of NPR 7150.2, DO-254, or other safety-critical software standard.