Embedded Systems Engineer (FPGA / DSP)

About the Role

This role sits at the intersection of the AiWACS radar signal processor and the PAiREGRINE onboard compute stack. You will develop the FPGA-based low-latency preprocessing pipeline that fuses radar, EO/IR, thermal, and RF data for real-time edge inference on the drone.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop FPGA firmware (VHDL/Verilog) for real-time radar signal processing (pulse compression, beamforming, CFAR detection)

• Build low-latency data pipelines from sensor inputs (ADC, camera, RF receiver) through FPGA to ARM/Jetson compute modules

• Implement real-time AES-256 encrypted datalink telemetry (FHSS, MANET/MIMO radio integration)

• Develop and optimise embedded C/C++ firmware for flight computer and mission processor

• Integrate with ROS-based autonomy stack for UAV sensor fusion and mission execution

• Support hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing and radar receiver characterisation

Required Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Systems, or Computer Engineering

• 3+ years FPGA design (Xilinx Zynq / Ultrascale, Intel Arria / Stratix)

• Proficient in VHDL or Verilog; experience with Vivado/Quartus toolchains

• Embedded C/C++ on bare-metal or RTOS (FreeRTOS, VxWorks, or similar)

• Familiarity with high-speed interfaces: PCIe, Ethernet, JESD204B, LVDS