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Senior FPGA Engineer - Radar Systems Location: Seattle, WA Work arrangement: On-site Experience: 8+ years (Flexible) An innovative space technology company in Seattle is seeking a Senior FPGA Engineer to lead RTL design and FPGA development for advanced radar systems. You will play a key role in translating radar algorithms into reliable, mission-critical firmware while working across hardware, software, mechanical, and signal-processing disciplines. This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who can independently own complex projects, make sound architectural decisions, and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule in a fast-moving startup environment. The Role • Partner with a multidisciplinary engineering team to define and refine firmware requirements. • Architect, design, and implement embedded firmware for a radar sensor payload. • Develop control and signal-processing functions in Verilog or VHDL. • Evaluate implementation complexity, maintainability, and FPGA resource requirements, including logic cells, embedded memory, and DSP slices. • Produce technical trade studies to support architecture and implementation decisions. • Integrate RTL designs onto FPGA and SoC platforms through synthesis, place and route, timing analysis, and timing closure. • Lead bring-up, verification, and validation of FPGA designs on prototype and flight hardware. • Collaborate with radar algorithm, electrical, software, and mechanical engineers to build dependable embedded systems. • Support the recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of additional engineering team members. Required Skills and Experience • BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related discipline. • At least 8 years of embedded firmware development experience, ideally involving radar or other mission-critical systems. • Strong RTL design experience using Verilog and/or VHDL, including work on satellite or aerospace applications. • Hands-on experience bringing up and verifying RTL-based designs on target hardware. • Experience integrating FPGA or SoC designs, including synthesis, place and route, and timing analysis. • Familiarity with low-speed interfaces such as I2C, SPI, UART, and RS-422. • Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics. • Experience with Git, CI pipelines, code reviews, and version-control workflows. • Ability to work independently, stay organized, and deliver in a lean, rapidly evolving environment. Preferred Experience Experience in any of the following areas would be valuable: • Distributed digital system design and implementation. • Clock-domain crossing and timing closure. • AMD UltraScale+ platforms. • High-speed ADC and DAC interfaces, including JESD204. • Signal-processing algorithm implementation in RTL. • Embedded architectures involving multiple FPGAs and peripheral interfaces such as SPI, UART, GPIO, I2C, and Ethernet. • Efficient, low-latency data movement between FPGAs, processors, storage devices, and networking interfaces. • Ethernet and TCP/IP networking stacks. • Radar, satellite, aerospace, or other high-reliability applications. • Eligibility and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. You do not need to meet every listed qualification. Engineers with strong FPGA fundamentals, relevant mission-critical development experience, and the ability to learn quickly are encouraged to apply.

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Senior FPGA Engineer - Radar Systems
Location: Seattle, WA
Work arrangement: On-site
Experience: 8+ years (Flexible)
This position is ideal for an experienced engineer who can independently own complex projects, make sound architectural decisions, and deliver high-quality solutions on schedule in a fast-moving startup environment.
Partner with a multidisciplinary engineering team to define and refine firmware requirements.
Architect, design, and implement embedded firmware for a radar sensor payload.
Develop control and signal-processing functions in Verilog or VHDL.
Evaluate implementation complexity, maintainability, and FPGA resource requirements, including logic cells, embedded memory, and DSP slices.
Produce technical trade studies to support architecture and implementation decisions.
Integrate RTL designs onto FPGA and SoC platforms through synthesis, place and route, timing analysis, and timing closure.
Lead bring-up, verification, and validation of FPGA designs on prototype and flight hardware.

Nice-to-haves

Experience in any of the following areas would be valuable:
Distributed digital system design and implementation.
Clock-domain crossing and timing closure.
AMD UltraScale+ platforms.
High-speed ADC and DAC interfaces, including JESD204.
Signal-processing algorithm implementation in RTL.
Embedded architectures involving multiple FPGAs and peripheral interfaces such as SPI, UART, GPIO, I2C, and Ethernet.
Efficient, low-latency data movement between FPGAs, processors, storage devices, and networking interfaces.
Ethernet and TCP/IP networking stacks.
Radar, satellite, aerospace, or other high-reliability applications.
Eligibility and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance.
You do not need to meet every listed qualification. Engineers with strong FPGA fundamentals, relevant mission-critical development experience, and the ability to learn quickly are encouraged to apply.

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