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FPGA Engineer

Radiant

Radiant

El Segundo, CA, USA
Posted on Saturday, August 3, 2024

Radiant Industries is an El Segundo, CA-based startup developing Kaleidos, a portable, containerized nuclear microreactor. Portable nuclear power with rapid deploy capability can replace diesel generators used today to provide critical asset support for hospitals, datacenters, and military bases or to power microgrids at remote sites. Radiant’s unique, practical approach to nuclear development utilizes modern software engineering to rapidly achieve safe, factory-constructable microreactors leveraging existing, well-qualified materials. Radiant is on a fast track to demonstrate the first fueled operation of a new commercial nuclear reactor design, just two years from now.

FPGA Engineer

Radiant is seeking a driven FPGA Engineer to join our Nuclear Robotics team. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and validating FPGAs used in the reactor instrumentation and control system for safety critical applications, sensor and actuator control, and communication systems. This role requires working with hardware engineers, embedded software engineers, systems engineers, and control engineers in a cross-functional setting to develop cohesive designs that meet the demands of controlling and monitoring fission reactors. You will be a key contributor in testing the first commercial reactor design in over 50 years by 2026.

This role is based onsite full-time in El Segundo, CA.

Responsibilities and Duties:

  • Own the design of sensor processing systems from concept to integration.
  • Implement logic designs in VHDL.
  • Integrate designs onto FPGA/SoC platforms.
  • Write automated verification tests.
  • Work directly with embedded software engineers to deliver complete products.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering, electrical engineering, or related STEM field.
  • 5+ years of experience working with FPGAs.
  • Knowledge of VHDL.
  • Experience troubleshooting timing closure issues.
  • Experience with multi-clock designs.
  • Understanding of verification methodologies and frameworks.

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

  • Experience with embedded C/C++.
  • Experience with Linux and bash shell scripting.
  • Experience with Docker.
  • Excellent documentation skills and ability to collaborate in multidisciplinary environments.

Employee Benefits for Eligible Employees:

  • Stock: Substantial incentive stock plan for all full time, salaried employees.
  • Medical: 100% up to base silver level plan for employee + 50% dependents, offers up to Platinum plans.
  • One Medical: Sponsored memberships for employees and their dependents.
  • Vision: 100% top tier plan coverage + 50% for dependents.
  • Dental: 100% top tier plan coverage, orthodontia extra, 50% for dependents.
  • Voluntary Life, Accident, Hospital, Critical Illness, Commuter and FSA are offered as employee contributed benefits.
  • Free snacks and drinks onsite.
  • Flexible PTO policy.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship at this time. This position involves access to technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.