Senior Engineer, FPGA, MEO - Betzdorf

Job summary

We are seeking a dynamic FPGA Engineer to join our growing aerospace team. To accelerate schedules, reduce costs, and ensure quality, SES is bringing critical payload integration activities in-house, combining partner satellite platforms with SES's software-defined payload inside a new, state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facility.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and select radiation-tolerant FPGA/SoC/ASIC solutions for wireless system architectures, balancing throughput, cost, and power.
• Implement radio access network/modem platforms for satellite communications, from system and hardware specifications through RTL design, optimising for silicon area, performance, and power.
• Design and implement digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms on FPGA, meeting strict performance, power, and latency constraints.
• Review, integrate, and validate third-party firmware/software developments within FPGA systems.
• Define and support risk-mitigation activities, including prototype testing, lab validation, and in-orbit demonstrations.
• Provide performance analysis to payload and user terminal stakeholders, supporting higher-level system design and integration.
• Document design specifications, trade studies, test plans, and verification reports.
• Build verification test benches and create automated end-to-end test pipelines.
• Stay current with and apply communication standards relevant to satellite systems.

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