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FPGA Engineer

Los Angeles, CA💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-06-29 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and implement complex FPGA designs for next-generation radar and sensor products, integrating with software systems to support warfighters and commercial air operators.

Role type

Senior IC FPGA Engineer (Defense/Radar)

Builds

Next-generation radar sensors and detection solutions for military and commercial air operators

Domain

Defense / Radar / Sensor Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

RTL design (Verilog, SystemVerilog), FPGA design lifecycle (simulation, place & route, timing analysis), ARM AMBA AXI Protocol, AMD Xilinx Vivado Suite, SoC FPGAs (Zynq, Ultrascale, Versal), Network Protocols (TCP/UDP/IP), Serial Protocols (I2C, JTAG, UART, SPI, CAN), Bash/Python scripting, software driver modification

Preferred skills

Baseband signal processing in FPGA, algorithm translation from Simulink/MATLAB to RTL, FPGA Ethernet IP blocks, Software-Defined Radios (SDRs), Analog Device Transceivers, Ground/Airborne Sensors (Radars, EO/IR, EW), Time Synchronization (NTP/PTP), HLS Synthesis, VHDL, high-speed PCB design, GPU/AI engine integration, CI/CD flows (Bitbucket, Jenkins), DoD System/SW Architectures (OMS, SOSA, Link-16)

Responsibilities

Design and implement complex FPGA designs for next-generation sensor products; Support system integration of FPGA designs with complex software systems; Support deployed FPGA capabilities for U.S. and international customers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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