Remote West Region FPGA Signal Processing FAE

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

Job summary

Altera is seeking a Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer (FAE) to architect and deploy advanced signal processing solutions on FPGA and heterogeneous compute platforms. You will engage with customers, guide designs from concept to production, and drive DirectRF initiatives across radar, EW, SATCOM, and wireless systems.

The role combines deep DSP and system architecture with strong customer interaction, enabling real-time analytics and AI/ML integration in high-performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related STEM field.
• 10+ years in signal processing, radar, RF, imaging, or related domains.
• 10+ years developing FPGA-based or hardware-accelerated solutions.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary technical advisor for signal processing applications using Altera FPGA solutions.
• Lead design discussions on signal processing, RF, imaging, AI/ML inference, and related systems.
• Guide customers from algorithm development to FPGA deployment with optimization.
• Support performance, power, and scalability tradeoffs across projects.

Skills

Signal processing

Digital signal processing

FPGA processing

Python/C/C++

Customer engagement

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field

Master's or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Quartus

Vivado

DSP Builder

OneAPI

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Altera is seeking a Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer (FAE) to architect and deploy advanced signal processing solutions on FPGA and heterogeneous compute platforms. You will engage with customers, guide designs from concept to production, and drive DirectRF initiatives across radar, EW, SATCOM, and wireless systems.

The role combines deep DSP and system architecture with strong customer interaction, enabling real-time analytics and AI/ML integration in high-performance