Xona Space Systems
Sr. FPGA Engineer
Burlingame, California · Senior
No sponsorshipDetected 91 days ago
CybersecurityBudgetingFPGASignal ProcessingLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth.
Responsibilities
- DSP/FPGA Implementation: Lead fixed-point design, resource budgeting, and pipeline optimization to achieve performance and latency targets.
- Technical Leadership: Establish RTL best practices and guide junior engineers through complex design cycles and hardware validation phases.
- Cross-Functional Integration & HW/SW Partitioning: Define and optimize HW/SW partitioning in collaboration with SW teams
- Performance & Risk Management: Drive timing closure, power optimization, and system-level performance verification
- Cross-Functional Integration & HW/SW Partitioning: Define and optimize HW/SW partitioning in collaboration with SW teams; ensure efficient SW interfaces, seamless integration, robust system-level testing, and preservation of performance margins.
- Performance & Risk Management: Drive timing closure, power optimization, and system-level performance verification; resolve complex cross-domain issues.
- We're seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead the architectural specification and design of next-generation LEO PNT satellite systems.
- You will own the FPGA signal-processing pipeline from concept through flight-ready hardware, making critical trade-offs between mathematical idealization and physical hardware constraints.
- Lead fixed-point design, resource budgeting, and pipeline optimization to achieve performance and latency targets.
- Establish RTL best practices and guide junior engineers through complex design cycles and hardware validation phases.
Requirements
- PhD or MS/BS in EE/CE or related field, 7+ years of FPGA and DSP implementation experience.
- Deep expertise in fixed-point DSP implementation, pipelining, and resource optimization.
- Strong experience with high-speed interfaces and complex FPGA subsystems.
- Expert proficiency with FPGA toolchains, static timing analysis, and on-chip debugging.
- To comply with U.K. regulations, this role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks, and successful candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).
Nice to have
- Experience with satellite communications, esp. with GNSS receivers and in spread-spectrum systems.
- Familiarity with processing of satellite-related measurements (code/carrier/Doppler/CN0, PRs, DRs).
- Experience supporting HIL and over-the-air validation environments.
- Key Competencies:
- Strong DSP foundation with practical FPGA implementation expertise.
- Execution-focused mindset with emphasis on timing closure and hardware validation.
- Clear technical communication and documentation.
- For U.K. Roles: To comply with U.K. regulations, this role requires Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks, and successful candidates must be eligible to obtain UK Security Clearance (SC).
Skills
- Establish robust verification frameworks, including simulation, emulation, and hardware validation.
Visa & Work Authorization
- citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States (i
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