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# Research Engineer II/III - FPGA, GPU programming

- **Company:** SRI International
- **Location:** Ann Arbor, MI, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $90,580.0 - $134,740.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Nvidia CUDA, Computer Engineering, Digital Technology, Embedded Software, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Networking Hardware, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, OpenCL, Software Engineering, Multithreading, Parallel Computation, Information Technology
- **Published:** June 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/8bd7dae6-a71c-4830-9c1d-8503061d93e9

## About the Role

Candidates must have experience with either real-time hardware or embedded software. Those lacking experience with one but possess the desire and motivation to learn the other are encouraged to apply., * Minimum qualifications: RE II - Bachelors with 2+ years OR M.S. degree; RE III - Bachelors with 5+ years OR MS with 3+ years of related experience. Area of study - Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Math, or another related field.

 * U.S. Citizenship with ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance required.
 * Experience with software development in C and/or C++
 * Embedded systems - FPGA and/or GPU systems (CUDA, OpenCL)
 * Experience with Unix/Linux operating system and multi-threaded/parallel computing
 * Strong analytical ability
 * Ability to support occasional travel associated with meetings and/or data collections

Desired Skills:

 * Digital Signal Processing (DSP) theory and implementation
 * Experience with Matlab and/or Python
 * Networking hardware/software/administration
 * Basics of digital system design

## Description

* Implementation of complex algorithms on real-time hardware.
 * Collaboration with algorithm developers to enhance performance of algorithms on real-time hardware
 * Development of software to control sensors and processing nodes
 * Configure processing nodes to optimize performance
 * Participate in laboratory work, collecting and analyzing sensor data


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