Senior FPGA Engineer, LEO Payload FPGA

Job :  | Amazon Kuiper Manufacturing Enterprises LLC

LEO is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.

Export Control Requirement:
Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.

• Create FPGA solutions to support LEO's satellite communication system. This is a unique opportunity to define a new system with few legacy constraints.
• Own and deliver FPGA bitstreams through the development phases of uArchitecture, RTL Design, Physical Implementation, Timing Closure, Simulation Validation, and Lab-Based Silicon Validation.
• Collaborate with network communication system architects to define, design, implement, test, release, and support networking functions targeted to FPGA technology.
• Collaborate with Digital Communications/Networking system architects and design engineers to implement digital logic functions in FPGAs.
• Collaborate with system architects and design engineers to prototype FPGA logic to validate/trade‑off architecture & design alternatives.
• Work with systems architects, HW engineering design teams, and FW/SW design teams to bring up and test systems combining FPGA, firmware, RF, and Networking functions.
• Drive trade‑off analysis to benefit customer experience and optimize target technology resources for cost/size/power/performance/features.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience with modern ASIC/FPGA design and verification tools.
• Experience in writing test scripts (Python preferred) to validate FPGA images in HW.
• 7+ years experience in FPGA design and implementation using System Verilog.
• Experience with Xilinx/AMD (or Altera) FPGAs.
• Experience with uArchitecture, RTL coding, FPGA optimization for timing & power, simulation, and validation.

• Experience developing Python tests for both HW testing and Cocotb simulation environments.
• Experience with high‑speed networking, Ser Des, 50G/100G Ethernet or Interlaken.
• Familiarity with AXI4 and AXI Streaming interfaces.
• Proven track record of successfully fielding and supporting FPGA and ASIC products.

Los Angeles County applicants:
Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign‑on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and optional supplemental life plans, EAP, mental health support, medical advice line, flexible spending accounts, adoption and surrogacy reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave.

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