Senior FPGA Engineer

RADAR•San Diego, CA

9d•$130,000 - $200,000

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 quickly adapt existing FPGA and software designs to integrate with new devices and help optimize the performance of the RFID radio. Collaboration with engineers in the hardware, FPGA, systems, and software teams will be integral to the role.

Requirements

You have 5+ years of FPGA design experience
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 an understanding of digital signal processing (wireless systems preferred)
You are familiar with Linux device trees and can integrate a new device driver

Nice To Haves

You have worked on a commercial product that was successfully launched to production
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
You have designed a digital or mixed-signal board
You have experience with FPGA multi-gigabit transceiver interfaces, preferably JESD204
You have experience in C/C++ development for embedded systems
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 experience with Python scripting for data analysis

Responsibilities

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
Adapt existing RF control algorithms and digital signal processing to work with new RF hardware
Test the integrated system in the lab and help RF engineers optimize performance of the RFID radio