Lead FPGA Engineer

Rainmaker

El Segundo, CA, United States

Posted on: 2025-03-28

Category: sustainability

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Rainmaker provides water for farms, watersheds, and ecosystems, fortifying growth and stewarding the natural world. We are Making Earth Habitable.

Rainmaker specializes in developing advanced X, K, W, and G band weather radars that provide critical meteorological data for storm tracking, precipitation monitoring, and weather forecasting. Our radar systems utilize state-of-the-art digital signal processing to deliver high-resolution weather imagery and data to meteorologists, researchers, and field operators.

As Lead FPGA Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing FPGA base images for our weather radar systems. You will focus on developing advanced digital signal processing algorithms and ensuring efficient resource utilization in our FPGA platforms. This role requires a deep understanding of radar signal processing and FPGA architecture to deliver high-performance, reliable systems.

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What You'll Do

Design and implement FPGA base images for weather radar signal acquisition and processing systems

Develop and optimize DSP algorithms for weather radar applications, including pulse compression, Doppler processing, and clutter reduction

Lead efforts to maximize FPGA resource utilization while meeting performance requirements

Collaborate with RF, software, and systems engineering teams to ensure integrated radar performance

Lead a team of FPGA engineers, providing technical guidance and mentorship

Create and maintain documentation for FPGA designs, interfaces, and processes

Support proposal efforts in the estimation and planning of end-to-end FPGA development

Drive verification and validation of FPGA designs to ensure they meet specifications

Identify and implement improvements to development processes and methodologies

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field (Master's preferred)

7+ years of experience in FPGA design and development

Demonstrated expertise in DSP implementation on FPGA platforms

Proficiency in VHDL or Verilog/SystemVerilog for FPGA design

Experience with FPGA development tools such as Xilinx Vivado or Intel Quartus

Strong understanding of digital design principles and signal processing concepts

Experience with high-speed interfaces (PCIe, JESD204B, etc.)

Knowledge of radar signal processing techniques

Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with weather radar systems or meteorological applications

Knowledge of radar waveform generation and processing

Experience with embedded processing systems (ARM, PowerPC, etc.)

Familiarity with hardware/software co-design concepts

Experience with Python, MATLAB, or other scripting languages for verification

Understanding of RF concepts and radar system architecture

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