Remote Field Applications Engineer - Signal Processing & FPGA

Altera; Heber (UT); Remote; USD 167,000 - 267,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera is seeking a Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer to serve as a trusted technical advisor, architecting and deploying advanced signal processing solutions using Altera FPGA and heterogeneous compute technologies.

This role bridges customer requirements with field sales and engineering to accelerate adoption across multiple domains including RF, radar, imaging, and AI-driven applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Signal Processing, or related STEM field.
• 10+ years of experience in signal processing, communications, radar, RF, imaging, or related domains.
• 10+ years of experience developing FPGA-based or hardware-accelerated solutions.
• Strong understanding of digital signal processing concepts and implementation techniques.
• Experience with FPGA development environments such as Quartus, Vivado, or equivalent.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C/C++, or similar tools.
• Experience modeling and validating signal processing algorithms prior to hardware implementation.
• Ability to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical advisor for signal processing applications utilizing Altera FPGA solutions.
• Engage with customer engineering teams to understand system-level requirements and recommend optimized architectures.
• Lead technical discussions involving signal processing, communications, radar, imaging, AI/ML inference, and RF systems.
• Influence design decisions and technology selection through deep technical expertise and consultative engagement.
• Partner with Sales and Field Applications teams to identify and drive strategic signal processing opportunities.
• Demonstrate and position Altera solutions for real-time signal processing workloads.
• Guide customers through the complete design cycle, from algorithm development and modeling through FPGA implementation and deployment.
• Assist customers in evaluating performance, power, scalability, and system tradeoffs.
• Provide technical leadership in signal processing disciplines and enable reusable architectures and collateral.

Skills

FPGA

Signal processing

Python

MATLAB/Simulink

C/C++

Customer-facing

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Master's or Ph.D. in related field (preferred)

Tools

Quartus

Vivado

MATLAB/Simulink

DSP Builder

Job description

Altera is seeking a Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer to serve as a trusted technical advisor, architecting and deploying advanced signal processing solutions using Altera FPGA and heterogeneous compute technologies.

This role bridges customer requirements with field sales and engineering to accelerate adoption across multiple domains including RF, radar, imaging, and AI-driven applications.