Role Overview
Contemporary satellites are commonly constructed in a modular fashion, divided into distinct units, each dedicated to a specific function.
In adopting a vertical integration approach, Aerospacelab, as a satellite manufacturer, designs a variety of these units.
Leveraging the FPGA’s flexibility and reprogrammability makes it an excellent choice as the foundational technology for our units.
As we continue to expand our team, we are seeking a talented and motivated FPGA Engineer to contribute to the design and validation of RTL code for FPGA-based units.
As a FPGA Engineer, you will join an agile development team that works around a specific unit. Possible units are on-board computers, software defined radios, image sensors, optical transceivers and network switches.
These topics will get you through challenging signal or image processing algorithms, innovative optical solutions and high-throughput routing procedures.
In these development teams, communication and cooperation among diverse team members are key, often blurring the lines between competences.
You will work closely with PCB designers (EE engineers) and embedded software engineers and depending on the project, also with the RF, optical or network engineers.
At Aerospacelab, our moto is work hard, play hard. We strive to innovate, in a fun and inclusive work environment.
We work in short cycles – no waiting for years before seeing code go live & get valuable feedback.
Expect an exciting job, where you will learn constantly and contribute to building state-of-the-art gateware, that will rapidly make its proof in orbit.
Our Missions
- Answer the challenging requirements with innovative solutions
- Cope with the challenging space environment
- Create critical, high quality gateware
Our Work Environment
- RTL: VHDL
- Simulation: Questasim, Makefile, Python, TCL
- Tests on target: Makefile, Embedded-C, Embedded-Linux, FreeRTOS, Python
- CI/CD: Gitlab, Docker
Key Activities
- Analyze and define the FPGA design architecture based on system requirements
- Design, simulate, integrate and test RTL-code
- Write and test software driver code
- Write technical documentation, testbenches and on-target test procedures
- Interacting with other engineering teams (EE, RF, Operations teams, Embedded Software, etc.)