This is a direct hire role with a GREAT team. Be a part of the GROWTH and the support from the DoD.

**This is a HYBRID position, and you must live within a reasonable area close to TAMPA, FL**

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative FPGA Software Engineer to join our dynamic engineering team to implement and validate signal-processing capabilities on FPGA-based hardware. The current platform includes AMD ZCU-104 hardware, with a planned roadmap toward future SoC-based platforms. This role will work closely with DSP engineers to translate detection and classification algorithms into real-time, testable, field-ready implementations.

What You Will Do:

· Partner with DSP Engineers to translate detection/classification algorithms into FPGA-accelerated and embedded implementations.

· Implement, test, and optimize real-time processing pipelines with attention to latency, throughput, buffering, memory constraints, and repeatability.

· Build and maintain firmware/software interfaces between ADC/data acquisition, FPGA fabric, and host-side applications or APIs.

· Support the roadmap transition from AMD ZCU-104 to future SoC platforms, including system partitioning, performance tradeoffs, and integration planning.

· Use AMD/Xilinx workflows such as Vivado, Vitis, Zynq, MPSoC, or similar tools to support development, bring-up, debugging, and validation.

· Support bench testing, regression testing, configuration baselines, and troubleshooting of FPGA/firmware behavior.

· Produce clear engineering artifacts including build notes, configuration baselines, test procedures, troubleshooting notes, and implementation records.

· Collaborate with hardware, DSP, embedded software, and field integration teammates to move prototypes toward customer-ready capability.

Required Qualifications:

· Strong hands-on experience building firmware or embedded systems that interact with FPGA fabric, hardware accelerators, ADCs, or data acquisition systems.

· Experience implementing and debugging real-time data pipelines where timing, buffering, throughput, and memory use matter.

· Proficiency in C/C++ in a Linux-based engineering environment.

· Working knowledge of FPGA development workflows, preferably AMD/Xilinx or comparable platforms.

· Ability to collaborate with DSP engineers to implement algorithms, validate signal integrity, and debug performance regressions.

· Comfortable working in a small company environment with evolving priorities, short deadlines, and limited layers of support.

· Strong documentation discipline and ability to communicate technical decisions clearly.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Experience with AMD/Xilinx Zynq, MPSoC, Vivado, Vitis, ZCU-104, or related platforms.

· Experience with DAQ systems, target acquisition systems, sensing platforms, SDR-adjacent pipelines, or fielded sensor systems.

· Exposure to weak-signal detection, sub-MHz sensing, noise mitigation, or real-time signal-processing environments.

· Python experience for test harnesses, validation scripts, automation, or engineering tools.

· Git-based workflows, CI/release discipline, regression testing, and configuration control.

· Exposure to defense-adjacent development constraints such as access control, documentation rigor, customer delivery readiness, and technical data discipline.

Pay: $125,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Application Question(s):

• You MUST live close enough to periodically travel to our Tampa office. Where do you live and are you fine to commute as needed?
• This is a specific need. Do you have strong FPGA Software Engineer experience and are you comfortable performing the duties of this role?
• What is your desired salary range?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Tampa, FL 33610