Fpga Engineer

**About Satellogic**

Satellogic is a vertically integrated Earth Observation satellite and data company. We design, manufacture, and operate our own fleet of satellites, the Aleph-1 constellation, which delivers high-frequency, high-resolution imagery plus full-motion video.

Earth Observation imagery and data are key to monitoring change at scale, informing critical decisions, and ultimately helping solve the world’s most pressing problems. Our mission is to democratize access to this information, making it affordable and available for those who need it across a wide range of industries, from climate monitoring and agriculture, to energy, infrastructure and many more. We want to do our part in building a world where every organization is prepared for the challenges of tomorrow.

With a growing team of more than 300 employees spanning 10 countries, Satellogic is a diverse group of purpose-driven professionals across software development, satellite engineering, operations, data science, manufacturing, and sales. We are excited to grow and welcome team members who push the limits, get things done, and never stop learning—all while being humble, honest, and empathetic.

**About the team**

The Electronics team is responsible for the design of all electronic devices of our satellites, the definition of electrical design standards for the company and the delivery of fully validated electronic devices. You will be reporting to the Head of Electronic Engineering as well as to the Project Managers of your assigned projects. The team is always learning and trying to push the limits, relying in part on the large diversity of people’s profiles and backgrounds.

**About the position**

As an FPGA engineer you will be responsible for the selection, development, and integration of FPGA’s that implement functionality on earth observation satellites, covering low-level hardware control & status for embedded systems, high level IP blocks, high speed links and custom algorithms and filters. This role will involve working in a multi-disciplinary team of engineers to specify, design, support manufacturing, validation & maintenance of electronic circuit boards containing FPGA’s used in aerospace electronics.

**Location**

The preferred location is Buenos Aires, however other options may be considered. Availability to travel to the Pilot Plant facilities in Montevideo (Uruguay) is required.

**Responsibilities**
- Design, describe, verify and document IP Cores.
- Review, test and document existing IP Cores.
- Participate in software/hardware integration and testing in our plant facilities.
- Create design documents and interact with our software and hardware designers.
- Design and document validation procedures.
- Keep up with new technology trends to bring new ideas to the satellite.
- Identify opportunities of improvement of existing satellite designs.
- Participate in the definition and improvement of the team guidelines.

**About you**

**Experience**
- Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Electrical, Computer Engineering or equivalent.
- 3+ years of experience working with FPGAs.
**Desirable experience**:

- Experience using Actel/Microsemi and Xilinx FPGAs and their design tools.
- Experience with PCIe, Image processing, Processors (codesign) is a strong plus.
- Experience with AMBA buses and high speed serial interfaces (SerDes).
- Knowledge of design and verification environments and tools.
- Experience with open source tools (nmigen, hdlmake, iverilog, ghdl, gtkwave, cocotb, yosys).

**Skills**
- Hardware description in Verilog and/or VHDL.
- Strong experience developing VHDL/Verilog testbenches and usage of simulation tools/debug environments.
- Experience in hardware testing and debugging.
- Good written and verbal communications skills in English.
- Familiarity with Linux OS.
- Experience in programming and scripting (eg C, Python, Bash Shell, Tcl).
- Experience with version control and repository management (Git, SVN).

**What we value**
- Flexibility and agility: be comfortable with an ever-changing and fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
- Communication: excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
- Initiative: identify improvement opportunities, provide feedback, design solutions.
- Eager to learn: about your field and related ones.
**Diversity Commitment**

Satellogic values diversity and inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer. We are convinced that hiring and developing top talent from around the world for any given discipline will drive innovation, generate new solutions, and deliver a superior product to our global customer base. We work to build an equitable and inclusive environment in which all people, regardless of gender, race, religion, or background, can come together to do their best work.

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