Senior Radar FPGA/Embedded Systems Engineer supporting mission-critical radar systems for national security and commercial space operations. Building, maintaining, and deploying FPGA images in advanced software environments.
Responsibilities
Own and maintain the Xilinx Vivado + Yocto project(s) end-to-end
Modernize and harden the development and production environments
Update the existing projects to build and run on current Xilinx tool versions
Establish a reliable process to build, package, and deploy FPGA/boot images to devices (local and remote)
Modify and improve FPGA-based RF/radar signal processing chains
Work with RF/signal-processing stakeholders to translate performance needs into FPGA changes
Manage fixed-point design tradeoffs and validate against system-level metrics
Significantly improve the FPGA verification and regression infrastructure
Add observability and diagnostics for on-target debug (ILA/VIO, counters, assertions/health monitors) and define acceptance tests for new releases
Be comfortable reading and writing C and Rust for embedded targets to support FPGA integration
Define and maintain clean FPGA software contracts to support long-term maintainability
Requirements
U.S. Citizenship or permanent resident
Excellent communications skills, must be able to communicate highly technical ideas in a manner that is comprehensible to a team composed of individuals from diverse disciplines
Bachelor's degree in EE/CE (or related) plus 8+ years of relevant FPGA experience (or equivalent advanced degree + fewer years).
Strong, demonstrated experience owning production Xilinx FPGA projects (Vivado, constraints, IP integration), plus embedded Linux exposure (PetaLinux strongly preferred).
Practical experience with coherent timing systems (10 MHz / 1PPS) and debugging timing-sensitive field issues.
Benefits
Global workforce: flexible remote/hybrid opportunities
Work on complex, meaningful missions with real-world impact
Unlimited paid time off for most roles
Competitive salary and equity packages
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
Access to the forefront of commercial space operations and defense innovation
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