Senior FPGA/DSP Systems Engineer (HW & SW)

BigBear.ai; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BigBear.ai is seeking an experienced senior HW/SW Design Engineer to design, develop, test electronic hardware (FPGA) and software processing components for RF subsystems. The role requires leading design efforts, implementing DSP algorithms in FPGA, and integrating with Linux-based software stacks.

You will bridge FPGA hardware with the software stack, ensure timing closure, and optimize resources while documenting progress for mission-critical requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Active TS/SCI with Poly.
• Strong FPGA coding experience and DSP theory/application; interfacing FPGA with existing code bases and software.
• Knowledge of signal processing blocks, DSP components, Linux OS, and C/C++ coding.

Responsibilities

• Lead FPGA RTL development, timing closure, and resource optimization for subsystems.
• Integrate DSP components in FPGA with system software and Linux codebase.

Skills

FPGA coding

DSP theory

Software-hardware integration

C/C++ programming

Linux development

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Vivado

Epiq Solution PDK

Job description

BigBear.ai is seeking an experienced senior HW/SW Design Engineer to design, develop, test electronic hardware (FPGA) and software processing components for RF subsystems. The role requires leading design efforts, implementing DSP algorithms in FPGA, and integrating with Linux-based software stacks.

You will bridge FPGA hardware with the software stack, ensure timing closure, and optimize resources while documenting progress for mission-critical requirements.