Sr. Electrical Engineer (FPGA)

Be more than just an employee number! Join Terran Orbital a leader in innovation manufacturing and operations in the satellite industry. We are a pioneer in the miniaturization of space technologies and the delivery of responsive space solutions. We are a unique fast-growing and trusted team focused on quickly and economically designing building launching and operating state-of-the-art satellites for advanced mission constellations.

Terran Orbital is seeking an experienced Sr. Electrical Engineer (FPGA) to join our growing team. Reporting to the VP of RF Systems & Payloads this team member will develop key elements of mission and communications subsystems for innovative high-capability small satellites. Exciting product development activities will include phased array antennas radio communication systems and radar systems.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• This engineer will be responsible for full lifecycle ownership of the FPGA development process and implementation from concept through design manufacturing and test.
• Close collaboration with systems digital and RF engineering to develop mission architectures and optimal solutions to complex problems.
• Developing and testing high-reliability firmware for a space-based low-power environment.
• Participating in firmware requirements generation design implementation and testing.
• Integrating FPGA implementations with concurrently developed software and hardware.
• Maintaining new and preexisting solutions to enhance feature sets and to consistently improve overall performance.
• Cooperative test debug and requirements verification activities.
• Additional responsibilities as necessary including support of other program or integrated product teams when subject matter expertise review or input is required.

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering or equivalent degree
• 5 years relevant experience.
• FPGA hardware development experience with high degree of proficiency in VHDL programming.
• Digital system architecture test and troubleshooting experience.
• Experience with Xilinx AMD Microchip or similar commercial FPGA development environments and tools.
• Knowledge of common data bus peripherals such as I2C SPI UART and Ethernet.
• Meticulous attention to detail in design and documentation.
• U.S. Citizen with ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance.
• Additional preferred experience:
• MSEE or other relevant graduate degree
• Digital circuit hardware design experience
• Experience with oscilloscope power supply multi-meter logic analyzer and similar standard test equipment.
• Phased array system design experience
• Experience with LabView or similar test automation software development.

• 100% Company-paid comprehensive medical dental and vision coverage for you and your dependents
• 401(k) Match
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)

About Terran Orbital

Terran Orbital is a leading manufacturer of satellite products primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries. Terran Orbital provides end-to-end satellite solutions by combining satellite design production launch planning mission operations and on-orbit support to meet the needs of the most demanding military civil and commercial customers. Learn more at

Work Environment

The job operates in a professional office environment but in a manufacturing company. This job routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers phones photocopiers and scanners.

Disclaimers

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations the applicant must be a U.S. citizen lawful permanent resident of the U.S. protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. In addition please note that this position may require a current United States National Security clearance or eligibility for such a clearance.

Terran Orbital is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race color religion age national origin ancestry ethnicity gender gender identity gender expression sexual orientation marital status veteran status disability genetic information or membership in any other group protected by federal state or local law.

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