FPGA Verification Engineer - Avionics

Job Title

FPGA Verification Engineer - Avionics

Role Summary

Develop and maintain verification infrastructure for flight-critical satellite avionics FPGA designs. You will implement UVM-based testbenches, create coverage-driven verification plans, and verify RTL across multiple subsystems.

Work closely with FPGA designers and system engineers to establish a rigorous verification methodology for the program.

Experience Level

Mid-level — typically requires 4+ years of FPGA or ASIC verification experience.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include:

• Develop UVM verification environments including agents, scoreboards, and bit-accurate reference models.
• Create and maintain a reusable UVM framework supporting multiple FPGA targets and configurations.
• Author verification plans derived from requirements and architectural documents.
• Develop functional coverage models and drive coverage closure.
• Perform RTL simulation using industry-standard simulators and run regressions.
• Verify clock-domain crossings and perform timing/stability analysis.
• Apply lint and static-analysis tools to identify design issues early.
• Support hardware bring-up by modeling hardware interactions in simulation and documenting results.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine requirements and close verification gaps.

Requirements

Must-have

• 4+ years of FPGA or ASIC verification experience.
• Strong expertise in SystemVerilog and UVM-based verification methodology.
• Experience building UVM agents, environments, and generating constrained-random stimulus.
• Proficiency with at least one industry-standard RTL simulator.
• Practical experience with functional coverage techniques and coverage-driven verification.
• Ability to read PCB schematics and hardware interfaces to develop tests.
• Experience creating tests to model hardware interactions and documenting verification results.

Nice-to-have

• Experience verifying designs for space, aerospace, or high-reliability applications.
• Familiarity with formal verification tools.
• Background in embedded software interaction with FPGA firmware.
• Experience with continuous integration workflows for verification regressions.
• Proficiency in Python, TCL, or shell scripting for test automation.
• Exposure to DFMEA and high-reliability digital design review processes.
• Experience with lint and CDC analysis tools.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.

About the Company

Company: E-Space

Headquarters: Saratoga, CA, United States

E-Space develops low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems to enable hyper-scaled Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity. The company designs advanced satellite hardware and communication systems to reduce costs, improve scalability, and deliver actionable intelligence from space.