FPGA Design Engineer

Location: Bengaluru

Department: Avionics

Experience: 2-3 Years

About Astrogate Labs

Astrogate Labs is a space-technology start-up based in Bengaluru, building core technologies in laser communication terminals and networks for small-satellites. Astrogate Labs aims to simplify, reduce cost of communication, and enable satellites send more data to ground. We have developed one of the industry’s smallest optical communication terminals targeted for small satellite use, further scaling our products and aiming for our first satellite mission. We aim to revolutionize satellite communications and support the growing satellite downlink needs with a network of optical ground stations and in-space relays using the technologies developed in-house.

We are looking for bright and passionate folks like you to join our exceptional team.

Job Title: FPGA Design Engineer

Qualification: ME/MTECH in Electronics & Communication or Electrical engineering or any other related field with 3+ years of relevant experience, although this is secondary to relevant experience.

Job Responsibilities: We are looking for folks who is excited to work with corss-functional team and develop custom FPGA module/ cores for our laser/ optical communication systems.

• Design, Implement, Test and Integrate RTL FPGA hardware for free space laser/ optical communication applications.
• Write custom FPGA IP blocks and PS code for target hardware.
• Write testbenches to test the target hardware by integrating other system peripherals.
• Integrate designs onto FPGA/SoC platforms
• Bring up and validate devices that communicate to and fly in space
• Digital signal processing of sensor data.
• Participate in component selection and design tradeoff analysis.
• Document and manage configuration of firmware
• Contribute to peer and external design reviews

Required Skills/Experience:

• 2+ years of experience in FPGA Design, Implementation & Verification.
• Proficient with Verilog/VHDL
• Experience in FPGA Implementation Tools (XILINX Vivado), Zynq SoC’s.
• Deep understanding of digital design concepts, communication systems, various modulation, encoding & forward error correction techniques.
• Good knowledge in C/C++ and MATLAB
• Experience with simulation, verification, and test of FPGA firmware and embedded systems
• Hardware debug experience, including familiarity with tools such as the oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, and signal generators.
• Familiar with common electronic components and comfortable reading circuit design schematics and contributing to electronics hardware design discussions
• Must be an independent thinker and motivated to work within a multidisciplinary team.

Perks:

• Health Insurance coverage
• Association & supervision by industry experts and senior members.
• Publish research on behalf of Astrogate Labs
• Other early-stage company benefits including ESOPs
• Team oriented work culture for the development of extraordinary space products

Prior experience in aerospace/ space technology projects is an added advantage. If you like working in a fast paced environment in a multi-disciplinary team on developing and maturing state-of-the-art Lasercomm systems, then this role might be for you.