Research Innovations
Senior Principal FPGA & Digital Signals Processing Engineer
Alexandria, VA · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of FPGA development experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; Master's or PhD preferred.
About the job
Leads FPGA architecture and delivery of real-time signal-processing capabilities for a tactical SIGINT and electronic warfare platform, from algorithm implementation through integration and field testing.
What you'll do
- Architect FPGA, GPU, and CPU processing partitioning and develop real-time FPGA signal-processing implementations.
- Migrate GPU-based DSP algorithms to FPGA and establish verification, validation, and testing methods.
- Lead FPGA technical reviews and mentor engineers; support integration, product roadmaps, customer engagements, and capability development.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of FPGA development experience supporting RF, SDR, SIGINT, radar, wireless communications, or Electronic Warfare systems.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- Expert proficiency with VHDL and/or SystemVerilog, RTL design, and FPGA timing and clock-domain practices.
- Active Secret clearance required.
Nice to have
- Master's or PhD.
- GPU-based DSP algorithm development and migration to FPGA; beamforming or direction-finding algorithms; modern communications waveforms; HLS or related architectures.
Tools
VHDL, SystemVerilog, Vivado, Vitis, Vitis HLS, MATLAB, Python, C/C++
AI focus
The platform combines artificial intelligence with RF sensing and signal processing; this role focuses on FPGA and DSP capabilities, with no specific AI development duties stated.
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