FPGA Design Engineer (f/m/d)

at  MaxPlanckInstitut fr Sonnensystemforschung

Max-Planck-Institute for Solar System Research
The Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Göttingen is one of the world’s leading research institutions in the field of solar physics and planetary research with around 300 employees. The interdisciplinary research focus is the investigation of the development, diversity and dynamics of planets, moons, small bodies, the sun and solar-like stars. The MPS develops and operates scientific instruments for current and future space missions (e.g. ESA, NASA), and carries out cosmochemical laboratory investigations of meteorites as well as numerical modeling on state-of-the-art supercomputers.
For the development of the Photospheric Magnetic field Imager PMI (https://www.mps.mpg.de/pmi) for the ESA’s VIGIL mission (https://www.esa.int/Space_Safety/Vigil), the institute is looking for a
FPGA Design Engineer (f/m/d)
Your Tasks

Development of firmware for the control and operation of scientific experiments in space, associated test environments and for the processing of the acquired data for further scientific evaluation. This comprises:

• Conceptual design and development of firmware components and modules
• Simulation, test and validation of the developed firmware components and modules
• Firmware documentation
• Support of project reviews in cooperation with ESA and industry partners

You should have

• A degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering or a comparable field
• Knowledge of VHDL or Verilog
• Experience with design simulation and verification of FPGAs
• Basic understanding of FPGA synthesis and timing constraint
• Good English language skills (level B2)

ADVANTAGEOUS WOULD BE EXPERIENCE WITH / KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Testbench development
• Microsemi or Xilinx FPGAs
• Good German language skills
  Employment Conditions
  The full-time position is to be filled as soon as possible and limited for 2 years, with the possibility of extension.
  The remuneration will be in accordance with TVöD-Bund up to EG 13, , if the objective and subjective classification requirements are met. This will be assessed separately on the basis of the respective professional qualifications and previous professional experience and should not necessarily be expected. The social benefits correspond to the regulations for the public service (federal government).
  We offer you a varied and interesting range of tasks in an international scientific working environment, as well as opportunities for professional development. In addition, we offer you opportunities to reconcile work and family life as well as health promotion programmes
  The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft endeavours to achieve gender equality and diversity. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. The Max Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals.
  We look forward to receiving your informative application documents (cover letter, CV, references, certificates). Please submit these via the digital application portal (https://www.mps.mpg.de/karriere/stellenangebote).
  We look forward to receiving your online application. Application deadline is July 12, 2024
  For questions regarding the application please contact: K. Heerlein , +49 551 384979387
  For further information about the Institute please visit our homepage https://www.mps.mpg.de

Please refer the Job description for details