Lidar FPGA Engineer: Radar Signal Processing Pro

Blue Origin; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 173,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Origin in Colorado is seeking an experienced DSP engineer to design and validate end-to-end radar signal processing systems. You will collaborate with hardware engineers to select devices such as FPGA, ADC/DAC, and memory resources, and you will analyze performance against requirements like range and SNR.

The role requires a strong background in DSP for radar, FPGA/embedded implementations, and proficiency with Matlab/Simulink and RTL design.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or related field with 5+ years of DSP experience.
• Experience in DSP algorithms on FPGA and/or embedded processor.
• Experience simulating end-to-end systems to meet performance specs (link budget).
• Proficiency with Matlab/Simulink or equivalent modeling environment.
• Experience designing and optimizing DSP algorithms for radar or related sensors.
• Proficiency with IEEE 802.3, XAUI, PCIe, JESD204, I2C, SPI interfaces.
• Proficiency in RTL using Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL (SystemVerilog preferred).

Responsibilities

• Design and simulate end-to-end systems to meet performance specs.
• Design and validate signal processing algorithms for detection, tracking, RF calibration, parameter estimation.
• Support Matlab/Simulink code generation for signal processing and filtering.
• Analyze algorithmic complexity and hardware resource needs (FPGA fabric, memory/IO bandwidth).
• Signal-to-Noise/Clutter Ratio, Signal Sensitivity, RF nonlinearity calibration.
• Collaborate with hardware engineers to drive device selection: FPGA, ADC/DAC, DDR3/4, NOR flash.
• Support hardware bring-up and work with EE engineers on design verification.
• RTL logic implementation and FPGA prototyping.

Skills

DSP experience

FPGA design

Matlab/Simulink

SystemVerilog

RTL Verilog

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

ModelSim

UVM testing

Radar DSP

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

ModelSim/QuestaSim

UVM/OVM

Verilog/SystemVerilog

Job description

Blue Origin in Colorado is seeking an experienced DSP engineer to design and validate end-to-end radar signal processing systems. You will collaborate with hardware engineers to select devices such as FPGA, ADC/DAC, and memory resources, and you will analyze performance against requirements like range and SNR.

The role requires a strong background in DSP for radar, FPGA/embedded implementations, and proficiency with Matlab/Simulink and RTL design.