Lidar FPGA Engineer for Lunar Radar Systems

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 173,000 - 256,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced radar DSP engineer to design and simulate end-to-end systems for lunar spacecraft applications. You will develop and validate signal processing algorithms for radar sensing, support Matlab/Simulink code generation, and analyze resource needs.

You will work with hardware teams to select FPGA devices, support bring-up, and implement RTL for prototyping. The role requires strong experience with FPGA/embedded DSP, Verilog/SystemVerilog, and industry-standard

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of DSP experience.
• Experience implementing DSP on FPGA and/or embedded processor.
• Experience simulating an end-to-end system to meet performance specs.
• Proficient with Matlab/Simulink or equivalent modeling environment.
• Experience designing and optimizing DSP algorithms for radar or other sensors.
• Proficient with IEEE 802.3, XAUI, PCIe, JESD204, I2C, SPI interfaces.
• Proficient in writing RTL using Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL (SystemVerilog desired).
• Strong FPGA design concepts, CDC, constraint definition, timing closure.
• Proficient with FPGA tools such as Xilinx Vivado, Intel Quartus.

Responsibilities

• Design and simulation of end-to-end systems to meet performance specs such as range and SNR.
• Design and validate signal processing algorithms for radar sensing tasks.
• Support Matlab/Simulink code generation for processing and filtering.
• Analyze algorithmic computational complexity and hardware resource needs.
• Signal-to-Noise/Clutter Ratio and RF calibration work.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to select devices (FPGA, ADC/DAC, memory).
• Support HW bring-up and design verification with EE teams.
• RTL logic implementation and FPGA prototyping.

Skills

DSP experience

FPGA development

Matlab/Simulink

RTL design

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

DSP algorithms

UVM/OVM

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

ModelSim/QuestaSim

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking an experienced radar DSP engineer to design and simulate end-to-end systems for lunar spacecraft applications. You will develop and validate signal processing algorithms for radar sensing, support Matlab/Simulink code generation, and analyze resource needs.

You will work with hardware teams to select FPGA devices, support bring-up, and implement RTL for prototyping. The role requires strong experience with FPGA/embedded DSP, Verilog/SystemVerilog, and industry-standard