FPGA Engineer

As FPGA Engineer, you drive FPGA-based digital design for our space hardware. You architect and integrate IP and custom logic to bridge high-speed interface protocols and (pre-)process real-time data streams, while ensuring every design is manufacturable, testable, and hardened against the radiation and reliability requirements of the mission environment. For example, you'll implement fault-tolerance techniques that keep logic running through radiation-induced upsets, and support the test campaigns that qualify your designs. Across all of this, you'll work closely with electronics and mechanical engineers to bring compute systems from concept to flight.

• Own the architecture, development, and verification of FPGA-based digital designs, with a focus on high-speed interface conversions and real-time data processing pipelines.
• Design and validate FPGA logic bridging high-speed protocols such as PCIe, SpaceWire, and Ethernet, enabling data transfer between payload instruments and the compute system.
• Prototype, integrate, test, verify, and qualify hardware solutions to ensure operational reliability and compliance with space-environment requirements.
• Apply reliability-driven design practices  and verify hardware against radiation and reliability requirements.
• Monitor and evaluate FPGA chips and architectures used in the space industry, tracking vendor roadmaps, flight heritage, and radiation performance to inform technology selection.
• Maintain accurate, traceable, and review-ready technical documentation, configuration artefacts, and technical continuity across projects and engineering teams.
• Collaborate across engineering domains and contribute to continuous improvement of hardware methodologies, testing approaches, and engineering standards.

Must-haves

• 1 to 2 years of professional experience in FPGA design and development.
• Knowledge of basic hardware description languages (SystemVerilog and/or VHDL) and relevant FPGA tooling (e.g. AMD Vivado).
• Knowledge of fundamental digital design concepts such as pipelining, timing closure techniques, and verification techniques.
• Knowledge of hardware interfaces and communication protocols (I2C, SPI, CAN, PCIe, Ethernet, SpaceWire).
• Knowledge of hardware testing, validation, debugging, and qualification methodologies.
• Strong analytical thinking, able to solve complex problems, and work with high focus and precision.
• The mindset to work autonomously, take ownership of your work, and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Nice-to-haves

• Understanding of radiation effects, environmental constraints, and reliability considerations for space applications.
• Experience with or exposure to space, defence, or other high-reliability hardware engineering environments.
• Experience with modern HDL frameworks (Chisel, SpinalHDL).
•  Familiarity with advanced verification techniques (e.g. UVM).

Joining EDGX means becoming part of an exciting journey to revolutionise the space industry. Here’s what you can expect:

Unique Opportunity

• Direct Impact: Your FPGA designs will fly on real satellites, powering the compute and data-processing systems behind EDGX's missions from day one.
• Professional Growth: Benefit from mentorship by experienced advisors and the opportunity to grow your role as the company scales.
• Shaping the Industry: Work at the forefront of a new generation of space companies. We’re redefining how the industry operates and setting the standard for the rest.

International Reach

• International Exposure: Collaborate with international space industry partners, and see your hardware tested and qualified at facilities across Europe.
• Startup Culture: Join a fast-growing spacetech startup with a young, driven team and a dynamic, hands-on culture.

Compensation & Perks

• Compensation & Benefits: Receive a competitive salary package with extra-legal benefits, including a company car or mobility budget.
• Team Life: Take part in monthly Wacky Fridays with team events, dinners, and team-building activities.
• Work-life balance:  We value your time outside the office, including one work-from-home day a week.
• Travel opportunities: Represent EDGX at conferences, supplier visits, and radiation test campaigns at facilities across Europe.

EDGX is a fast-growing Belgian spacetech company defining the compute layer of the space economy. That future starts with edge computers onboard spacecraft and scales to data centre nodes in space. We're making the building blocks for compute services in space.

We started just three years ago, and we're moving fast. EDGX is backed by imec.istart, the imec.istart Future Fund, and the Flanders Future Tech Fund through a €2.3M seed round, plus several ongoing ESA contracts. Our first two satellite demonstration missions launched in March 2026 on a SpaceX Falcon 9, with more sure to come. If you want to help define the future of the space industry, you'll feel right at home at EDGX. 🚀