Engineer Senior Principal - FPGA Design - $20K Sign On Bonus
BAE Systems · Chantilly, VA · Engineering & Technology
About this role
BAE Systems is hiring a principal-level Hardware Engineer in the software engineering function based in Chantilly, VA. The posting calls out experience with Data Structures, Security, Embedded Systems. Compensation is listed at $132,962–$226,035 per year.
- Role
- Hardware Engineer
- Function
- software engineering
- Level
- principal
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Chantilly, VA
- Department
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- May 14, 2026
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Job description
from BAE Systems careersJob Description
Minimum $20,000 Sign-On Bonus being offered for external hires.
BAE Systems Space and Mission Systems (SMS) is expanding our expertise to provide exciting and challenging solutions to our customers. Our spacecraft solutions team works in a fast paced, highly collaborative development environment to provide continuously evolving capabilities in space payloads. As an FPGA engineer, you will work with a team of electrical and FPGA engineers through the program life cycle to develop electronic products for various complex, high precision, and high reliability applications.
The Engineering, Science and Analysis (ESA) Strategic Capabilities Unit comprises the technical talent and organizational leadership that enables the successful delivery of high-impact discriminating technologies for our customers’ missions. Our collaborative, cross-functional teams are committed to innovation, integrity, continual learning and strong execution.
What You’ll Do:
- Apply innovative design techniques to create cutting-edge electronic systems.
- Work in a fast-paced team environment on a variety of R&D, proof of concept, and production programs.
- FPGA development and digital IP integration for space systems, high reliability electronic systems. Assignments include designs which will include SOC architectures, digital filters, image processing algorithms, and communication interfaces/protocols.
- Architect and lead complex FPGA SoC designs with AMD (Xilinx) software and IP.