DSP Specialist FAE (Field Applications Engineer) – West Region

Accountabilities:

As a DSP Specialist Field Applications Engineer, you will provide technical leadership throughout the customer design cycle while helping advance strategic DSP and DirectRF opportunities.

• Serve as the primary technical interface for customers evaluating or implementing DSP solutions in FPGA-based systems.
• Provide system architecture guidance, design recommendations, and performance optimization strategies.
• Lead technical discussions with engineering teams, technical decision-makers, and customer stakeholders.
• Partner with Sales and Field Sales Engineers to identify, qualify, prioritize, and advance DSP-related opportunities.
• Demonstrate and position DSP architectures using development tools and IP, including DSP Builder with MATLAB/Simulink.
• Support customers from initial concepts and architecture through development, design-in, and production.
• Apply deep DSP expertise across areas such as filtering, channelization, beamforming, RF/DSP chains, and related signal-processing applications.
• Debug complex system and application-level issues and develop practical solutions to technical challenges.
• Create reusable architectures, demonstrations, reference designs, and technical collateral to increase the efficiency and scalability of customer engagements.
• Support DirectRF opportunities in partnership with aerospace, defense, government, sales, and distribution teams.
• Identify appropriate RF and DSP architectures based on customer requirements and help define future solution needs.
• Deliver internal and customer-facing training on DSP technologies, tools, and design methodologies.
• Contribute to application notes, reference designs, solution documentation, and technical presentations.
• Provide customer-driven feedback to engineering teams to help influence future product architecture and development.
• Support strategic accounts and high-value opportunities with measurable business and revenue impact.
• Contribute technical input to opportunity qualification, prioritization, resource allocation, pipeline progression, and design-win tracking.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate brings extensive experience in FPGA digital design and DSP, combined with strong customer-facing skills and the ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical solutions.

• 10+ years of experience in FPGA digital design, using development environments such as Quartus or Vivado.
• 10+ years of experience with digital signal processing concepts and applications.
• Experience with high-level FPGA algorithm development tools such as DSP Builder, System Generator, or OneAPI.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C/C++, or comparable technical development tools.
• Familiarity with RF systems, communications, or signal-chain design is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience with image processing, communications, radar, electronic warfare, or related applications is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience using MATLAB/Simulink or other DSP-focused design flows and tools is preferred.
• 5+ years of experience as a Field Applications Engineer, technical sales professional, or in technical marketing is preferred.
• Strong communication and presentation skills, including the ability to explain sophisticated technical concepts clearly to varied audiences and present at industry events.
• Strong customer focus, analytical thinking, and complex problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across sales, engineering, product marketing, and other technical functions.
• Comfortable working independently and managing priorities in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.
• Willingness to travel regularly as required by the role.
• Bachelor's degree in a STEM-related discipline is required.
• A Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, or a related discipline is preferred.
• Post-bachelor's education is a plus.
• Must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

Benefits:

• Salary range of $159,100–$230,400 USD for Bay Area California positions; actual compensation may vary based on location, experience, skills, education, training, and other factors.
• Incentive opportunities tied to individual and company performance.
• Full-time, regular employment.
• Remote position based in the West Region, with Sacramento, California listed as the primary location.
• Opportunity to work on advanced FPGA, DSP, RF, communications, and DirectRF technologies.
• High-impact exposure to strategic customer engagements and complex technical applications.
• Opportunities to collaborate with engineering, sales, product marketing, aerospace, defense, and government-focused teams.
• Ability to influence future product architectures through direct customer and market feedback.
• Travel opportunities and participation in customer and industry engagements.