CesiumAstro is seeking an experienced and strategic FPGA Engineering Manager to lead and coordinate FPGA development teams across multiple sites and product lines, ensuring design consistency, best practices, and high-quality deliverables for their satellite, UAV, and other space/airborne communication systems.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in FPGA design and development.
- 3+ years in technical leadership or management of FPGA or digital hardware teams.
- Proven experience delivering complex FPGA solutions.
- Proficiency in VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog, simulation tools (e.g., ModelSim, Questa), synthesis, timing analysis, and FPGA implementation.
- Familiarity with AMD (Xilinx), Intel (Altera), and/or Microchip FPGA toolchains and platforms.
- Strong knowledge of digital signal processing, high-speed interfaces, and SoC integration.
- Experience with configuration management, design reviews, and formal verification methods.
Responsibilities
- Lead FPGA engineering teams across multiple geographical locations and product lines.
- Define and enforce standardized design methodologies, reuse strategies, and quality assurance processes across teams to support a consistent FPGA development lifecycle.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define FPGA requirements and interfaces.
- Manage resource allocation, project schedules, and technical risks across programs.
- Lead strategic planning for FPGA technology adoption, roadmap alignment, and IP reuse.
- Engage with vendors on toolchain evaluation, roadmap alignment, and support.
- Oversee planning, development, integration, and delivery of FPGA solutions that support cutting-edge products across various industries, such as aerospace, defense, telecommunications, or industrial automation.
Other
- Lead and coordinate our FPGA development teams across multiple sites and product lines.
- Mentor and grow engineering talent.
- Conduct performance reviews and career development planning.
- Track and report status of FPGA projects to executive stakeholders; proactively identify and resolve issues.
- The successful candidate will present engineering design review materials to our customers and executive team, as well as participate in proposal-writing efforts. As such, excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
