Senior FPGA & MPSoC DSP Architect

VoltForce; Oakland (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

VoltForce is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer for FPGA/MPSoC systems and DSP. The role emphasizes end-to-end hardware/software collaboration, RTL development, and real-time DSP workflows on complex boards. You’ll work across hardware, firmware, and analytics teams in a fast-moving environment.

The candidate should have 5+ years in electrical engineering with hands-on FPGA, MPSoC, DSP, and verification experience, plus strong schematic proficiency and lab bring-up capability.

Qualifications

• End-to-end FPGA/MPSoC design with architecture, RTL, simulation, timing closure and board bring-up.
• FPGA-based DSP for real-time systems including FIR filters and streaming pipelines.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and Python for modeling and analysis.
• Experience with PID/ADPLL/filtering and signal characterization workflows.
• HDL/RTL implementation for high-performance data-paths and control.
• Testbenches, verification environments, and bench-level validation workflows.
• Strong firmware/hardware integration and system-level debugging ability.
• Ability to read schematics and work at board/subsystem level.
• Hands-on lab hardware bring-up experience with standard test equipment.

Responsibilities

• Define FPGA/MPSoC architectures and drive implementation across hardware and software teams.
• Develop testbenches and verification environments for DSP pipelines.
• Collaborate on firmware/hardware integration and debugging in production-like labs.
• Support integration and validation across subsystems and boards.

Skills

End-to-end FPGA design

MPSoC design

HDL/RTL implementation

DSP for real-time systems

MATLAB

Python

Firmware integration

System-level debugging

Schematic reading

Bench-level validation

Education

B.S./M.S./PhD in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Vivado

EDA tools

Job description

VoltForce is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer for FPGA/MPSoC systems and DSP. The role emphasizes end-to-end hardware/software collaboration, RTL development, and real-time DSP workflows on complex boards. You’ll work across hardware, firmware, and analytics teams in a fast-moving environment.

The candidate should have 5+ years in electrical engineering with hands-on FPGA, MPSoC, DSP, and verification experience, plus strong schematic proficiency and lab bring-up capability.