FPGA Engineer

Overview

Welcome to Planet. We believe in using space to help life on Earth. Planet designs, builds, and operates the largest constellation of imaging satellites in history. This constellation delivers an unprecedented dataset of empirical information via a revolutionary cloud-based platform to authoritative figures in commercial, environmental, and humanitarian sectors. We are both a space company and data company all rolled into one.

Customers and users across the globe use Planet's data to develop new technologies, drive revenue, power research, and solve our world’s toughest obstacles. As we control every component of hardware design, manufacturing, data processing, and software engineering, our office is a truly inspiring mix of experts from a variety of domains. We have a people-centric approach toward culture and community and we strive to iterate in a way that puts our team members first and prepares our company for growth.

Join Planet and be a part of our mission to change the way people see the world. Planet is a global company with employees working remotely world wide and joining us from offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, and The Netherlands.

Join a dynamic and innovative team at Planet, where you'll play a pivotal role in the verification of our FPGA based designs which are fundamental to imaging operations of our cutting-edge satellites. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the development of FPGA infrastructure, verify new designs and the integration of commercial IP blocks. You'll collaborate closely with a diverse group of engineers, including electrical, RF, camera, and firmware specialists, to deliver fully validated designs for our satellites.

The ideal candidate is passionate about Planet's mission and thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. This role will appeal to candidates who are looking for opportunities to take an organization to the next level and are deeply mission-driven.

This is a full-time, hybrid role which will require you to work from our San Francisco office 3 days per week.

• Create and improve verification environments using System Verilog and formal tools.
• Collaborate with RTL/SW engineers to develop verification plans, improve coverage, and streamline hardware integration testing.
• Write and debug tests to deliver functionally correct blocks and systems.
• Automate verification flows and work with AI&T to develop production testing flows.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or similar.
• 6+ years of experience developing DV test plans, verifying RTL using System Verilog, and assisting in lab-based debugging of FPGA-based digital designs with processors.
• Expertise in scripting and programming (Python, C++, shell).
• Proficiency of version control systems (eg., git) and managing releases to production.

• Experience in validating hardware/software interfaces.
• Experience verifying high speed serial protocols including PCIe/NVMe, MIPI, Camera Link, JESD
  204B, etc.
• Experience in bringing up and maintaining design, validation, and build tools.
• Experience with field deployments, debug, and upgrades.

Final date to receive applications:
December 14, 11:59pm PST

This position requires access to export-controlled information, and as such, employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidate’s ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
• 16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Home Office Reimbursement
• Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
• Tuition Reimbursement and access to Linked In Learning
• Equity
• Commuter Benefits (if local to an office)
• Volunteering Paid Time Off