Remote Senior FPGA Imaging & Video Processing Engineer

Trident Systems Inc.; Fairfax (VA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Vision

Life insurance

Short term disability

Long term disability

401(k) with company matching

Job summary

Trident Systems Inc. seeks a Senior FPGA Signal Processing Engineer to design, implement, and verify high-speed FPGA-based imaging and compression for space systems. You will translate MATLAB algorithms to hardware, optimize fixed-point paths, and validate accuracy against golden models.

You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, and software teams, lead design reviews, and mentor junior engineers to deliver mission-critical solutions for DoD, IC, and civil space customers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related technical degree.
• Minimum of 6 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree OR 4 years of experience with a master’s degree.
• Experience implementing signal processing algorithms in FPGA hardware, including fixed-point conversion, resource and throughput optimization, and validation against algorithmic models.
• Ability to understand, analyze, and adapt existing algorithms for specific applications and constraints.

Responsibilities

• Architect FPGA-based pipelines for image/video or other sensor data processing and compression, including data acquisition, pre-processing, transformation, compression, and output formatting for space-based systems.
• Translate MATLAB-level algorithms into FPGA architectures by partitioning functionality, performing fixed-point analysis, and mapping to DSP blocks and memory structures.
• Create and maintain FPGA designs using VHDL or Verilog and Vivado IP Integrator with high-throughput, deterministic latency data paths.
• Verify RTL modules and create testbenches, compare results against MATLAB golden models, and ensure robust regression coverage.
• Lead code reviews, collaborate with hardware/software teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

FPGA design

VHDL/Verilog

Xilinx (AMD) FPGAs

Vivado

MATLAB

C/C++

Fixed-point arithmetic

RTL design

Simulation tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering or related technical field

Tools

MATLAB

Vivado

Modelsim/Questasim

Aldec

Vivado IP Integrator

Job description

Trident Systems Inc. seeks a Senior FPGA Signal Processing Engineer to design, implement, and verify high-speed FPGA-based imaging and compression for space systems. You will translate MATLAB algorithms to hardware, optimize fixed-point paths, and validate accuracy against golden models.

You will collaborate with hardware, firmware, and software teams, lead design reviews, and mentor junior engineers to deliver mission-critical solutions for DoD, IC, and civil space customers.