or apply directly on AST SpaceMobile's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 86 days AST SpaceMobile's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 1% of AST SpaceMobile's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at AST SpaceMobile
- high 231 stale, 6 reposted of 231 open
- Hiring momentum
- 268 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-29
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from AST SpaceMobile's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for AST SpaceMobile.
About this role
The Senior FPGA Team Lead will oversee the architecture, design, and implementation of complex FPGA-based systems, providing technical leadership and mentorship to a team of FPGA engineers. This role involves collaboration with various teams to drive system-level design decisions, develop advanced DSP algorithms, and ensure robust operation of high-speed links. The position requires ownership of the full development lifecycle, from requirements to validation, along with lab debugging and performance optimization.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- 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 AST SpaceMobile as an employer.
What you need
- B.Sc. or M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering or related field
- A minimum of 8 years of FPGA design experience
- Strong hands-on experience in FPGA design and development
- Strong expertise in digital signal processing (DSP)
- High proficiency in VHDL / Verilog / SystemVerilog
- Strong system-level understanding and integration experience
Nice to have
- Experience with Xilinx / AMD FPGA devices and toolchains (Vivado, Vitis)
- Experience with RF / wireless communication systems (LTE/5G)
- Experience with RFSoC / Zynq platforms
- MATLAB / Python for algorithm development
- Experience with real-time, high-throughput systems
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- The job description may not be inclusive of all duties and responsibilities, indicating potential for changing scope of work
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Listed by AST SpaceMobile on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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