CareerPlan

Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer (FAE)-West Region

Sacramento, California, United States (Remote)RemoteFull-time$167k–$267k2026-10-23 → 2026-11-10
Remote

Core

Trusted technical advisor helping customers architect, develop, and deploy advanced signal processing solutions using Altera FPGA and heterogeneous compute technologies for communications, aerospace, defense, and AI applications.

Role type

Senior Field Applications Engineer (FAE) specializing in Signal Processing and FPGA

Builds

Real-time signal processing workloads, FPGA-based solutions, and RF digitization systems

Domain

Semiconductor / FPGA / Signal Processing / Aerospace & Defense

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Signal processing algorithms, FPGA development (Quartus/Vivado), Digital filtering, FFTs, Beamforming, MIMO, Radar processing, Electronic Warfare, Wireless communications, AI/ML integration, MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C/C++, System architecture, Hardware acceleration

Preferred skills

Radar systems, Electronic Warfare, Satellite communications, Image/video processing, SDR, Model-based design, HLS, OneAPI, DirectRF architectures

Technologies

Altera FPGA, Quartus, Vivado, MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C/C++, DSP Builder, HLS, OneAPI

Responsibilities

Act as primary technical advisor for signal processing applications, Engage with customer engineering teams to define system requirements, Lead technical discussions on RF and AI/ML systems, Guide customers through design cycles from algorithm to FPGA deployment, Debug complex algorithmic and implementation challenges, Develop reusable solution architectures and proof-of-concepts

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with customer-facing responsibilities