Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, is solving some of the toughest challenges in space. Our components and bus platforms have completed missions ranging from very-low Earth orbits to lunar and interplanetary journeys at a fraction of the cost of traditional space systems. We support premier defense, commercial and civil organizations including the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, NASA, MIT Lincoln Lab, the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Colorado and more. Join our innovative and dynamic company as we build, test and operate the small spacecraft of the future.

Position Purpose: The Senior FPGA Digital Design Engineer will be a technical contributor with the focus on digital design of complex Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) designs used in space applications. This exciting position will be focused on FPGA design tasks, but may include FPGA verification tasks, depending on candidate’s interest and experience.

Title: Sr. FPGA Digital Design Engineer

Position Type: Full Time

Pay Range: $100,000 - $185,000

(Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data.)

Location: Lafayette, CO

Benefits:

• 100% company paid health, dental and vision benefits for you and your dependents effective the first of the month following hire date
• Life insurance
• 401k (matching 4% with a minimum 5% contribution)
• Generous PTO (3 weeks of vacation 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of sick time, 7 paid holidays throughout the year) and parental leave

Job Responsibilities:

• Works independently and with limited supervision to generate FPGA designs based on detailed design requirements using primarily VHDL
• Design and verify margin, compliance, and fault robustness of high-speed serial interfaces such as 10 Mb /100Mb/1Gb Ethernet, SpaceWire and LVDS interfaces using simulation methods such as UVM, OVM, or a functional test bench (module and system level)
• Capture requirements, create state diagrams, timing diagrams, and other design documentation as required by the design process
• Design robust Finite State Machines (FSMs) and interface logic
• Generate FPGA test vectors and simulation test benches, executing them in a verification environment such as ModelSim or QuestaSim
• Develop constraints for and synthesize FPGA designs using ISE, Libero, Libero SoC, and Vivado tool suites
• Capable of chip-level and board-level debug in the lab with a variety of test equipment with supervision as needed
• Communicates design detail, issues, and concerns effectively in verbal and written form.
• We value enthusiasm and dedication toward developing highly integrated CubeSat and Blue Canyon Technologies FPGA design solutions and products

• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Required Qualifications/Education:

• BS degree or higher in Electrical Engineering and 7 years detailed electronics design experience with at least 5 years of FPGA design experience (verification experience is a plus)
• Experience with design trades, design concept discussions, system specifications, system analyses and failure reporting.
• Exceptional written communication skills, strong presentation skills and the ability to contribute to technical group discussions and conversations with customers and team members
• Engineers who are interested in working on a small team of enthusiastic technical experts are encouraged to apply. This opportunity includes close mentorship with a technical expert
• Familiarity with clock domain crossing (CDC) tools and FPGA design pitfalls is nice to have.
• Familiar with AXI based design, DMA, and scripting tools.
• Experience with interpreting schematics, using schematic capture tools, and digital board design is a plus.
• Experience with embedded processor-based electronics architecture.
• Strong interpersonal and self-leadership skills. We have a great team! Blue Canyon values people skills and technical competence working together.
• Related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education.

Working Conditions:

This job operates in a professional office environment, but in a manufacturing company. This role uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, filing cabinets and fax machines. BCT anticipates the application window closing approximately 40 days from the date the notice was posted. However, factors such as candidate flow and business necessity may require BCT to shorten or extend the application window.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time. The employee is occasionally required to stand, bend, reach, and walk. The position requires some light physical effort. This would require the ability to lift or move objects up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move objects up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities are required by this job which includes close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Blue Canyon Technologies is a drug-free workplace and an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other protected factor. Blue Canyon Technologies is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact Melissa Po at 720-450-8252 or HR@bluecanyontech.com.