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Principal FPGA / RTL Design Engineer - Signal Processing

Irvine Engineering💼 Full-time💰 $165,000–$165,000🗓 2026-02-17 → 2026-09-26

Core

Implementing novel signal processing algorithms for MIMO wireless networking products and supporting advanced wireless systems R&D.

Role type

Principal FPGA / RTL Design Engineer (Signal Processing)

Builds

FPGA-based designs for advanced wireless systems R&D

Domain

Defense, law enforcement, public safety; MANET and MIMO communications

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

RTL design (Verilog, System-Verilog), FPGA synthesis and timing closure, fixed-point binary arithmetic, digital signal processing (DSP), Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs, Vivado IDE, hardware verification and troubleshooting

Preferred skills

MATLAB, scripting languages (Perl, Python), wireless communication systems on FPGA or ASIC

Technologies

Xilinx, Vivado, Verilog, System-Verilog, Perl, Python, MATLAB

Responsibilities

RTL coding, simulation, and test bench development; FPGA synthesis and timing closure; hardware verification and troubleshooting; supporting RF and Software Engineering teams

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC

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