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# FPGA/DSP Engineer

- **Company:** Joby Aviation
- **Location:** Santa Cruz, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $132,800.0 - $199,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, C++ (Programming Language), Code Generation, Communications Protocols, Computer Engineering, Linux, Ethernet, Formal Verification, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Integrated Development Environments, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Signal Processing, Simulink, System on a Chip, SystemVerilog, Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter, Verilog, VHSIC Hardware Description Language (VHDL), Vivado, Model-Driven Development, Serial Peripheral Interface, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Information Technology, Automotive Software
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://careers-jobyaviation.icims.com/jobs/4871/senior-fpga-dsp-engineer/job?mode=apply&apply=yes&in_iframe=1&hashed=-1834448039

## About the Role

* S./M.S./Ph.D. in relevant discipline (Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, Physics, Mathematics, or similar field; or portfolio of designed and utilized FPGA/ASIC projects).
 * 5+ years' experience in FPGA or ASIC design in VHDL, Verilog, or SystemVerilog.
 * Experience using MATLAB, Simulink, Python, or C for modeling signal processing systems.
 * Experience implementing fixed-point DSP blocks in RTL, such as IIR and FIR filters, PWM generators, delta-sigma modulators, PLLs, DFT/FFT processors, and CORDIC processors.
 * Familiarity with development in a Linux environment.

Desired

 * Experience with DO-254 FPGA compliance.
 * Experience with SEU mitigation for aviation or automotive applications.
 * Experience with C/C++ on embedded processing systems.
 * Experience with processor architecture and communications protocols, such as AXI, DMA, I2C, UART, SPI, SENT, and ethernet.
 * Experience with Xilinx FPGAs (Zynq, Artix) and Vivado toolchain experience, including creation of complex timing constraints.
 * Experience with model-based design and associated automated code generation tools.

## Description

The successful candidate will play a crucial role in building and optimizing the dependable sensing and computing systems needed to bring the dream of Urban Air Mobility to market. They will contribute to a team that is focused on implementing signal processing and algorithm accelerators in a combination of hardware and software. The successful candidate will excel in a highly collaborative environment to design and modify processing systems that can be rigorously defined, designed, characterized, and verified, ensuring the safe operation of our aircraft., * Work with FPGA, hardware, motor control, software, data, safety, and systems engineers to understand current and future DSP and processing needs, constraints, and challenges.

 * Design new and optimize existing fault-tolerant FPGA-based DSP blocks for sensor acquisition, motor control, navigation, and hardware emulation applications.
 * Develop directed testbenches for DSP blocks based on bit-accurate reference models and assist FPGA verification engineers as needed for more formal verification.
 * Work in a rigorous aircraft certification-focused development environment and create the required models and documentation for the definition, validation, and verification of requirements as needed.


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