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

Originally posted 24 October 2026 by the employer.

About the role

The Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer (FAE) serves as a technical advisor to customers, architecting, developing, and deploying signal processing solutions using Altera FPGA and heterogeneous compute technologies. This role supports strategic DirectRF and advanced RF processing opportunities spanning RF digitization, radar, electronic warfare, and communications.

What you'll do

• Act as the primary technical advisor for signal processing applications, guiding customer engineering teams from algorithm development and modeling through FPGA implementation.
• Partner with sales and field applications teams to identify, qualify, and secure strategic design wins across communications, aerospace, defense, and industrial applications.
• Collaborate with the Aerospace, Defense, and Government organization to architect end-to-end DirectRF solutions covering RF digitization, transport, processing, and analytics.
• Provide technical leadership across signal processing domains, including digital filtering, multi-rate systems, FFTs, beamforming, MIMO, and radar processing.
• Develop reusable solution architectures, proof-of-concepts, demonstrations, reference designs, and technical collateral.
• Debug and resolve algorithmic, architectural, and implementation challenges on FPGA platforms.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Signal Processing, or a related STEM field.
• 10+ years of experience in signal processing, communications, radar, RF, imaging, or related application domains.
• Strong understanding of digital signal processing concepts, modeling techniques, and implementation workflows.
• Hands-on experience with FPGA development environments such as Quartus, Vivado, or equivalent.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C/C++, or similar signal processing development tools.
• Ability to travel as required and eligibility for required U.S. export authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in radar systems, Electronic Warfare (EW), wireless communications, satellite communications, image/video processing, AI/ML for signal processing, or software-defined radio (SDR).
• Experience with high-level design methodologies and tools including MATLAB/Simulink, DSP Builder, HLS, OneAPI, or model-based design environments.
• Familiarity with DirectRF architectures and RF signal chain design.
• Experience in customer-facing technical roles such as Field Applications Engineering, Technical Marketing, Solution Architecture, or Technical Sales.
• Background supporting Aerospace & Defense customers.

Skills: FPGA, DSP, DirectRF, Quartus, Radar

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