Muon Space
FPGA RF Signal Processing Engineer
$190K–$212K
San Jose, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years of professional experience in FPGA development of RF algorithms and translating prototype algorithms into FPGA implementations.
- Education
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
- Visa sponsorship
- Requires access to export-controlled information: applicants must be a U.S. person, eligible to access the information without export authorization, or eligible and reasonably likely to obtain required export authorization. The position also requires ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance.
About the job
Implements and optimizes FPGA-based RF signal processing algorithms for real-time communications, sensing, and related applications.
What you'll do
- Implement, simulate, optimize, and integrate RF/DSP algorithms on FPGAs, including porting prototypes to ARM FPGA-SoCs.
- Collaborate on RF hardware bring-up, calibration, and system integration.
- Prepare technical documentation, design specifications, and test reports.
What they ask for
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 3+ years of professional experience developing FPGA implementations of RF algorithms and translating prototypes into FPGA implementations.
- Experience with RF digital signal processing techniques in areas such as modulation/demodulation, filtering, channel estimation, synchronization, or spectrum monitoring.
- Expertise in RTL/HDL (Verilog / System Verilog / VHDL), FPGA architecture, and design flows.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Xilinx/AMD RFSoC or MPSoC.
- Proficiency in C/C++ or Rust for embedded and real-time systems.
Pay
USD $190,000 - $212,000 base salary
Tools
Verilog, System Verilog, VHDL, ARM FPGA-SoCs, Xilinx/AMD RFSoC, MPSoC, C/C++, Rust
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