Remote Signal Processing FAE — RF/Radar & AI

Altera; Arizona; Remote; USD 167,000 - 267,000; Full time

Job summary

Altera in the United States seeks a Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer (FAE) to architect, develop, and deploy advanced signal processing solutions using FPGA and heterogeneous compute technologies. You will bridge customer needs with sales and engineering, enabling RF, radar, imaging, and AI-enabled processing across multiple industries.

You will lead architecture discussions, guide algorithm-to-hardware implementations, and support DirectRF initiatives while collaborating

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 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 signal processing development tools.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical advisor for signal processing applications utilizing Altera FPGA solutions.
• Engage directly 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, qualify, 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 including: Digital filtering and multi-rate systems, FFTs and spectral analysis, Beamforming and MIMO, Radar and EW processing, Wireless and 5G/6G, Image and video processing, Sensor fusion and real-time analytics, AI/ML integration.
• Develop reusable solution architectures, proofs-of-concept, demonstrations, and technical collateral.
• Support performance optimization and hardware acceleration strategies leveraging FPGA-based processing.

Skills

Signal processing expertise

FPGA/hardware acceleration

Customer-facing / Field Applications

System architecture

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 in the United States seeks a Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer (FAE) to architect, develop, and deploy advanced signal processing solutions using FPGA and heterogeneous compute technologies. You will bridge customer needs with sales and engineering, enabling RF, radar, imaging, and AI-enabled processing across multiple industries.

You will lead architecture discussions, guide algorithm-to-hardware implementations, and support DirectRF initiatives while collaborating