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Senior Digital Design Engineer

@ Umbra
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Arlington or Santa Barbara or Goleta or Reston
$160k-$190k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Responsibilities:Develop FPGA, Integrate SoC, Prototype hardware
Requirements Summary:Bachelor's in Electrical/Computer Engineering; 5+ years FPGA/SoC digital design; Xilinx Vivado/Vitis; VHDL/Verilog; C/C++/Rust; high-speed data interfaces; knowledge of UART/SPI/LVDS.
Technical Tools Mentioned:Xilinx Vivado, Xilinx Vitis, Verilog, VHDL, SystemVerilog, Rust, C, C++, Python, DDR, MCU/SoC, FPGA
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Job Description

Umbra is an American space technology company delivering advanced systems, from sensors to spacecraft, that empower customers worldwide with unmatched access to critical information from space. Our mission is simple and ambitious: redefine space—for people, systems, and missions in every domain. Umbra’s ecosystem operates through three business units: Remote Sensing (the data), Space Systems (the components), and Mission Solutions (the platforms).Together, our teams develop capabilities that deliver persistent access, resilient performance, and mission-ready solutions, advancing U.S. space leadership while keeping the world safe and informed.

About the Team

Space Systems – The Components

 Space Systems is where Umbra turns hardware and software designs into on-orbit realities; developing, implementing and iterating mission-ready core technology, while simultaneously advancing the next generation of our own satellite constellation. Space Systems is vertically integrated across the satellite architecture, thus the team designs, builds, and tests an array of critical components and subsystems, including power systems, communications, control systems, deployment hardware, avionics, and payloads, as well as the flight software, firmware and digital design solutions to support the entire hardware stack. Our focus is on first principles engineering, and our mandate is simple: it has to work when it counts. Every bolt, board, and binary is proven on our own SAR constellation, ensuring flight-proven reliability where failure is not an option.

 If you want to work on cutting edge space technology while maintaining the highest standard for innovation and mission ready performance, you belong here at Umbra.

About the Job

Join our dynamic Space Systems team as a Senior Digital Design Engineer, where you'll be at the forefront of creating cutting-edge HDL-based digital designs for next-generation space radar systems. In this role, you'll work closely alongside our software and electrical engineering teams to innovate, analyze, manufacture, and rigorously test microwave subsystems.

Our aim is to hire this position to work in either our Santa Barbara/Goleta, CA office, Arlington, VA office, or Reston, VA office (coming soon).

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop FPGA-based digital designs for radar, electronic warfare, and communications.
  • Work with electrical and systems engineers to integrate Xilinx SoC based hardware with high-speed data converters and associated microwave transmitter and receiver chains.
  • Continuously collaborate with the payload engineering team to address mechanical, thermal and power subsystems and interfaces.
  • Rapidly develop prototypes and iteratively improve hardware and firmware.
  • Prepare engineering documentation, reports, and test plans.
  • Perform other professional duties as assigned.