About this role
Venturi Astrolab, Inc. (Astrolab) is pioneering new ways to explore and operate on distant planetary bodies. We are focused on designing, building, and operating a fleet of multi-purpose commercial planetary rovers to extend and enhance humanity’s presence in the solar system. We are seeking motivated, creative, and exceptional people to join our team. The Avionics team is responsible for all aspects of the electrical systems and hardware on Astrolab’s electric rover vehicles and ground support equipment. We work collaboratively across engineering disciplines to deliver reliable, high-performance electronics that directly support flight and mission operations. The Staff FPGA Engineer will lead the architecture, development, and verification of avionics FPGA RTL designs for Astrolab rovers. This role owns FPGA design from initial concept and requirements definition through verification, integration, and flight readiness. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in FPGA development including RTL design, simulation, analysis, verification, and hardware testing in complex, high reliability systems. This position will report to the Director of Avionics Engineering and will be based in our Hawthorne, CA office. Own FPGA RTL development from clean sheet architecture through qualification and flight Define FPGA logical architecture and requirements in collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams, including HW and embedded software interfaces Develop FPGA RTL for Microsemi, Xilinx, or similar devices using SystemVerilog or VHDL Perform comprehensive design verification, including simulations, test benches, timing closure, resource analysis, and hardware validation Lead design reviews, ensure requirement traceability, and create clear documentation for FPGA operation and integration with other software and FPGA systems Develop and execute test campaigns ranging from unit-level validation to system-level integration and testing Support integration, bring up, and troubleshooting during system-level and flight test activities