Signal Processing Specialist Field Applications Engineer (FAE)-West Region (FPGA)

Location: Remote within the United States; primary location Sacramento, California, with additional locations in Arizona, Austin, Texas, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington.

Salary: $166.9K–$266.6K USD annually, including salary and incentive compensation.

Company

hirify.global develops FPGA and heterogeneous compute technologies for high-performance real-time processing across communications, aerospace and defense, industrial, AI, and intelligent edge applications.

What you will do

• Advise customers on signal processing applications using hirify.global FPGA solutions and recommend optimized system architectures.
• Partner with Sales and Field Applications teams to identify opportunities, demonstrate solutions, and support design-in activities.
• Guide customers through algorithm development, modeling, FPGA implementation, deployment, and evaluation of performance, power, scalability, and system tradeoffs.
• Develop solution architectures, proof-of-concepts, demonstrations, technical collateral, reference designs, and reusable methodologies.
• Support DirectRF and end-to-end RF processing applications covering digitization, transport, processing, and analytics for radar, electronic warfare, SIGINT, SATCOM, and wireless communications.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Architecture, Product Marketing, and Business Development; deliver training and contribute to technical workshops, application notes, and white papers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Signal Processing, or a related STEM field.
• 10+ years of experience in signal processing, communications, radar, RF, imaging, or related application domains, and 10+ years of experience developing FPGA-based or hardware-accelerated solutions.
• Strong understanding of digital signal processing concepts and implementation techniques.
• Experience with FPGA development environments such as Quartus, Vivado, or equivalent.
• Proficiency with MATLAB, Simulink, Python, C/C++, or similar signal processing development tools.
• Experience modeling and validating signal processing algorithms before hardware implementation.
• Ability to travel as required.
• Exceptional communication, presentation, customer engagement, relationship-building, problem-solving, and analytical skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment and present at customer events, industry conferences, and technical forums.
• Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

Nice to have

• Master’s or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in radar systems, electronic warfare, wireless communications, satellite communications, image/video processing, AI/ML for signal processing, or software-defined radio.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, DSP Builder, HLS, OneAPI, high-level design methodologies, or model-based design environments.
• Experience in customer-facing roles such as Field Applications Engineering, Technical Marketing, Solution Architecture, or Technical Sales.
• Familiarity with DirectRF architectures and RF signal chain design.
• Experience converting signal processing algorithms into optimized FPGA implementations.
• Background supporting Aerospace & Defense customers and mission-critical applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work within the United States.
• Regular employment with Shift 1 United States of America.
• Opportunity to work on FPGA innovation and demanding real-time processing challenges across communications, aerospace and defense, AI, and intelligent edge applications.
• Collaboration with engineering and cross-functional teams on next-generation technologies.