Sr. FPGA Engineer (Radar)

Location: Full-time on-site in Hawthorne, California, United States. U.S. Person status is required to access U.S.-only data systems.

Salary: $160,000–$225,000 annual base compensation, excluding bonus, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops advanced sensing and detection solutions for defense, commercial aviation, and border protection using Coherent Distributed Networks.

What you will do

• Design and implement complex FPGA architectures for next-generation radar and sensor products.
• Integrate FPGA designs with complex software systems and support system-level validation.
• Develop digital RTL using Verilog and SystemVerilog across the full FPGA design lifecycle.
• Implement and validate network, serial, and ARM AMBA AXI interfaces.
• Use Bash and Python for scripting, testing, and design validation.
• Support deployed FPGA capabilities for U.S. and international customers while collaborating in small Agile teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of professional FPGA RTL design experience.
• Extensive experience with behavioral simulation, place and route, timing analysis, and hardware integration.
• Extensive experience with AMD Xilinx Vivado, SoC FPGAs including Zynq, Ultrascale/Ultrascale+, and Versal, and AXI4, AXI4-Lite, and AXI4-Stream.
• Experience with TCP/UDP/IP, I2C, JTAG, UART, SPI, and CAN protocols, plus software driver and application modifications.
• Ability to work on-site in Hawthorne and meet the U.S. Person requirement.

Nice to have

• Experience with high-performance baseband signal processing, SDRs, transceivers, and radar, EO/IR, or electronic warfare sensors.
• Experience translating Simulink or MATLAB algorithms into RTL and using FPGA vendor IP, HLS, or VHDL.
• Experience with FPGA Ethernet IP, time synchronization technologies, GPUs, or AI engines.
• Experience with high-speed PCB design, DoD architectures and messaging standards, or current or previous DoD security clearance.
• Experience with C/C++ drivers, Git, and CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket CI or Jenkins.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits fully paid by the company.
• 401(k) with a 50% company match up to 6% of pay, plus FSA, HSA, and life insurance.
• Unlimited PTO, free daily lunch, no-meeting Fridays, and a casual dress code.
• Competitive base salary, pre-IPO stock options, relocation assistance, and planned annual bonuses.
• Work with an engineering organization of approximately 200 employees across five global offices.