SLD FPGA Verification Engineer III - Lunar Permanence

life insurance, parental leave, paid time off, paid holidays, 401(k)

Salary range updated, see changes below.

Application close date:
Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low‑cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

This role is part of the Lunar Permanence business unit, which develops Blue Origin's Blue Moon landers and related products. To further Blue Origin's mission of millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth, we are building sustainable infrastructure for our transport of crew and cargo from Earth to the lunar surface.

As part of a hardworking team, you will participate in verification of FPGA‑based solutions within the Sustaining Lunar Development program's avionics, guidance, and navigation group. This includes requirements development with design engineers, verification through formal methods, UVM based simulation and on‑target testing.

Our FPGA team is tightly knit and very collaborative, with a variety of experience and backgrounds. We care about the success of each other and our peers and are very willing to help each other learn and grow. Together we will build high‑reliability, safety‑critical avionics solutions for our Human Landing System (HLS) vehicle. Experience with DO‑254 is a plus.

We are looking for someone to apply their technical expertise, leadership skills, and dedication to quality to positively impact safe human spaceflight. Passion for our mission and vision is required!

• Perform requirements‑based verification of FPGAs using Universal Verification Methodology (UVM).
• Create a comprehensive verification and validation plan that encompasses functional and system‑level verification and validation.
• Develop IP/subsystem/system‑level testbench and tests to achieve required coverage goals.
• Document plans and procedures.
• Write directed and random test cases.
• Generate reports in support of certification of the design to a high DAL.

• BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a closely related field of study.
• 5+ years experience verifying FPGAs or ASICs.
• In‑depth experience using RTL simulation tools such as Siemens Questa Sim, Model Sim, or equivalent.
• In‑depth knowledge of System Verilog and the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM).
• Expertise in developing testbench environments and verification components (Monitor, Scoreboard, Driver, Agent, etc.) from scratch.
• Understands different types of coverage, usage of cover classes, cover points, etc.
• Experience with predictive testbench components, functional coverage and assertions.
• Experience with constrained random verification.
• Experience with Register Abstraction Layer.
• Develop detailed test plans, write tests, run regressions, collect coverage matrices and report progress to the program.
• Review verification and validation results against the coverage goals.
• Write, analyze and achieve coverage metrics.
• Experience of debugging skills to narrow down and isolate issues between RTL design and testbench or test case is required.

• Familiarity with the following are also helpful
  • AXI protocols, PCIe, Ethernet, SPI, I2C interfaces
  • Debugging FPGA/ASIC hardware and assisting with HW/SW integration.
  • Managing regression and continuous integration infrastructure within Git Lab.
• Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python, Perl, or TCL/Shell for automation.
• Working knowledge of NPR 7150.2, DO‑254, or other safety‑critical software standard.

Compensation Range for WA applicants: $ – $. Other site ranges may differ.

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