RF/Firmware Engineer

Radar•San Diego, CA

6d•$130,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

RADAR is looking for a high energy individual who can work cross-functionally to bring new radio designs to life. In this role, you will implement FPGA firmware and embedded software on new digital and RF architectures for RADAR’s next generation RFID sensor. You will help guide the development of the RFID radio prototyping platform hardware, quickly adapt existing FPGA and software designs to integrate with new devices, and optimize the performance of the RFID radio. Collaboration with engineers in the hardware, FPGA, systems, and software teams will be integral to the role. You will also interact with device vendors to assess their offerings and work with their field application engineers to bring up their devices in our labs. This is a hybrid position with the expectation of going into the office 2-3 times a week. However, there will be periods where you will need to be in the lab daily working with the hardware.

Requirements

You have 5+ years of experience working in software defined radio hardware or software development
You have a BS in Electrical Engineering or other relevant fields
You are a proactive problem solver, seeking out solutions even when the problem is outside your area of expertise
You have strong verbal and written communication skills
You have experience in RTL designs with VHDL and/or Verilog
You have experience with FPGA development/simulation tools such as Vivado, Quartus, and ModelSim
You have experience in C/C++ development for embedded systems
You are familiar with Linux device trees and can integrate a new device driver
You understand RF system architecture and key concepts such as gain, noise figure, and linearity
You are proficient using lab test equipment such as a spectrum analyzer, signal generator, oscilloscope, and network analyzer

Nice To Haves

You have worked on a commercial product that was successfully launched to production
You have designed a digital or mixed-signal board
You have experience with FPGA multi-gigabit transceiver interfaces, preferably JESD204
You are familiar with Yocto and have built an embedded Linux distribution with it
You have worked on products using FPGA SoCs from AMD or Altera
You have an understanding of signal processing (wireless systems preferred)
You have experience with Python scripting for data analysis

Responsibilities

Own all aspects of the RFID radio prototyping platform
Review radio hardware designs and schematics
Modify existing FPGA designs and integrate 3rd party BSPs to adapt to new RF interfaces
Integrate new Linux device drivers for controlling RF transceivers and other peripherals
Evaluate new algorithms for RF cancellation
Test the integrated system in the lab and optimize performance of the RFID radio