Remote Signal Processing FAE - FPGA & RF Solutions (West)

Altera Corporation; Sacramento (CA); Remote; USD 167,000 - 267,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera is seeking a Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer (FAE) for the West Region, with remote options across the US. The role focuses on architecting advanced signal processing solutions using Altera FPGA technologies and AI-enabled workflows across communications, aerospace and defense, and industry applications.

You will engage directly with customers, influence design decisions, and deliver demonstrations and collateral while collaborating with sales and engineering

Qualifications

• 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 DSP concepts and implementation techniques.
• Experience with FPGA development environments (Quartus, Vivado).
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C/C++, or similar tools.
• Experience modeling and validating signal processing algorithms before hardware implementation.
• Ability to travel as required.

Responsibilities

• Act as primary technical advisor for signal processing applications using FPGA solutions.
• Engage with customer engineering teams to define system-level requirements and architectures.
• Lead discussions on signal processing, radar, AI/ML inference, and RF systems.
• Drive pre-sales and design-in support, guiding from concept to deployment.
• Develop reusable architectures, proofs-of-concept, and technical collateral.
• Collaborate with sales and field teams to qualify and close strategic opportunities.
• Provide training and enablement across product marketing, engineering, and BD.

Skills

Digital signal processing

FPGA acceleration

Algorithm modeling

Customer engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Signal Processing, or related STEM field

Tools

Quartus

Vivado

MATLAB/Simulink

Python/C/C++

Job description

Altera is seeking a Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer (FAE) for the West Region, with remote options across the US. The role focuses on architecting advanced signal processing solutions using Altera FPGA technologies and AI-enabled workflows across communications, aerospace and defense, and industry applications.

You will engage directly with customers, influence design decisions, and deliver demonstrations and collateral while collaborating with sales and engineering