DSP Specialist FAE (Field Applications Engineer) – West Region

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a DSP Specialist FAE (Field Applications Engineer) - West Region based in United States.

This role serves as a key technical bridge between customers, sales teams, and engineering organizations focused on advanced DSP and FPGA solutions. You will guide customers through the design journey, from early architecture decisions and technical evaluations to production deployment. The position combines deep expertise in digital signal processing with hands-on FPGA development, customer engagement, and strategic opportunity support. You will help shape high-value DSP and DirectRF engagements while identifying architectures that address complex customer requirements. Collaboration spans engineering, sales, product marketing, aerospace and defense teams, and other technical specialists. This is a highly visible opportunity to influence design wins, customer success, product direction, and the adoption of advanced programmable technologies.

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.