Associate FPGA Engineer

Associate FPGA Engineer to develop and verify FPGA-based digital logic for small-satellite avionics. Responsibilities include FPGA design and verification (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog), creating device constraints, synthesis, place-and-route, timing closure, and generation of FPGA images in Vivado and Libero. Support hardware bring-up, testing, and debugging on development kits and custom hardware; develop test scripts for embedded Linux and bare-metal platforms. Contribute to hardware architecture reviews, support make-vs-buy evaluations for IP cores, and participate in cross-disciplinary system engineering. Required skills include familiarity with VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, FPGA design tools (Xilinx Vivado, Microchip Libero), Git, and programming in C, C++, and Python; strong technical communication. Travel to the program's electronics development lab in University Park, PA, and occasional travel to Airbus facilities. Equal opportunity employer with US citizenship required for eligibility and DoD security clearance considerations.