Senior Lidar FPGA/DSP Engineer for Lunar Radar

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 256,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Education support

Job summary

Blue Origin in the United States is seeking a highly experienced radar systems engineer to design and optimize DSP algorithms for flight-ready radar hardware. You will work with GN&C teams to integrate radar components into lunar spacecraft, driving end-to-end validation from concept to product specifications.

Responsibilities include RTL coding, FPGA prototyping, and collaboration with hardware engineers to select components, validate performance, and ensure robust signal processing for space

Qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering or related field with DSP experience.
• Experience implementing DSP algorithms on FPGA and/or embedded processor.
• Experience simulating end-to-end systems to meet performance specs.
• Proficiency with Matlab/Simulink or equivalent modeling environment.
• Experience designing and optimizing DSP algorithms for radar or related sensors.
• Proficiency with IEEE 802.3, XAUI, PCIe, JESD204, I2C, SPI interfaces.
• RTL coding in Verilog/SystemVerilog; SystemVerilog preferred.
• Strong FPGA design concepts, CDC, timing closure; use of FPGA tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and simulate end-to-end systems to meet performance specs (range, SNR).
• Develop and validate DSP algorithms for radar applications including detection and tracking.
• Support Matlab/Simulink code generation for signal processing and filtering.
• Analyze algorithmic complexity and hardware resource needs (FPGA fabric, memory, I/O).
• Work with hardware engineers to select devices (FPGA, ADC/DAC, DDR3/4, NOR flash).
• Support HW bring-up and design verification with EE engineers.
• RTL logic implementation and FPGA prototyping.

Skills

DSP algorithms

FPGA design

Matlab/Simulink

Verilog/SystemVerilog

IEEE interfaces

RTL coding

FPGA tools

ModelSim

UVM

SystemVerilog

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

M.S. / Ph.D. in EE or related

Tools

Xilinx Vivado

Intel Quartus

ModelSim/QuestaSim

Job description

Blue Origin in the United States is seeking a highly experienced radar systems engineer to design and optimize DSP algorithms for flight-ready radar hardware. You will work with GN&C teams to integrate radar components into lunar spacecraft, driving end-to-end validation from concept to product specifications.

Responsibilities include RTL coding, FPGA prototyping, and collaboration with hardware engineers to select components, validate performance, and ensure robust signal processing for space