PitchMeAI Jobs
Lodestar

Avionics FPGA Engineer

Lodestar · London, United Kingdom

Posted about a month ago · Previously reposted

or apply directly on Lodestar's site. We never take the application ourselves.

Is this posting real?

This role has been open
44 days
Lodestar's roles stay open a median of 42 days
Reposted
Yes
taken down and listed again at least once
Salary listed
No
60% of Lodestar's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Lodestar
moderate
2 stale, 2 reposted of 10 open
Hiring momentum
12 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-26

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Lodestar's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Lodestar.

About this role

As an Avionics FPGA Engineer at Lodestar, you will design, implement, and validate advanced avionics architectures for autonomous space systems. Your role will involve working hands-on throughout the entire lifecycle of projects, from concept and simulation to hardware testing and ensuring on-orbit readiness. You will collaborate with various teams to integrate your designs into flight systems and contribute to documentation and testing processes.

Our read on this posting3.2out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
5/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Lodestar as an employer.

What you need

  • BEng / MEng in Electrical Engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • Proficiency in SystemVerilog and/or Verilog
  • Hands-on experience with at least one FPGA family or ecosystem
  • Familiarity with common digital interfaces and protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)
  • Experience with simulation and formal verification
  • Experience dealing with clock domain crossings, static timing analysis and timing closure

Nice to have

  • High speed interfaces: MIPI-CSI, QSGMII, SGMII, 10GBASE-KR, PCIe or similar
  • Memory interfaces: DDR3, DDR4, LPDDR4 or similar
  • SoC design: integrating RISC-V or Arm processor subsystems, AXI/APB/AHB protocols, and embedded Linux bring-up
  • Experience with PCB design for high speed digital designs
  • Strong knowledge of verification methodologies, functional coverage, assertions and constrained random verification

What you get

  • Pay Range: (E1) Junior Engineer: £30,000 - £55,000 / year, (E2) Mid-level Engineer: £55,000 - £75,000 / year
  • Meaningful equity incentives as part of our employee option pool
  • 28 Days Annual Leave
  • Comprehensive medical, dental & vision coverage
  • Contributory pension

Worth weighing

  • Background checks required for security reasons, including nationality checks due to ITAR regulations
  • Citizenship restrictions apply for eligibility to access regulated equipment and data
  • Compensation bands vary based on individual skills, education, experience, and internal equity

Summarised from Lodestar's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Lodestar on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-26. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

More roles at Lodestar

All 10 open roles at Lodestar →

Apply to an Avionics FPGA Engineer position at Lodestar - Jobs near me at London, United Kingdom