LeoLabs

Senior Radar FPGA/Embedded Systems Engineer

LeoLabs

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Menlo Park • California • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

LinuxRust

About the role

  • Own and maintain the Xilinx Vivado + Yocto project(s) end-to-end
  • Modernize and harden the development and production environments
  • Update the existing projects to build and run on current Xilinx tool versions
  • Establish a reliable process to build, package, and deploy FPGA/boot images to devices (local and remote)
  • Modify and improve FPGA-based RF/radar signal processing chains
  • Work with RF/signal-processing stakeholders to translate performance needs into FPGA changes
  • Manage fixed-point design tradeoffs and validate against system-level metrics
  • Significantly improve the FPGA verification and regression infrastructure
  • Add observability and diagnostics for on-target debug (ILA/VIO, counters, assertions/health monitors) and define acceptance tests for new releases
  • Be comfortable reading and writing C and Rust for embedded targets to support FPGA integration
  • Define and maintain clean FPGA software contracts to support long-term maintainability

Requirements

  • U.S. Citizenship or permanent resident
  • Excellent communications skills, must be able to communicate highly technical ideas in a manner that is comprehensible to a team composed of individuals from diverse disciplines
  • Bachelor's degree in EE/CE (or related) plus 8+ years of relevant FPGA experience (or equivalent advanced degree + fewer years).
  • Strong, demonstrated experience owning production Xilinx FPGA projects (Vivado, constraints, IP integration), plus embedded Linux exposure (PetaLinux strongly preferred).
  • Practical experience with coherent timing systems (10 MHz / 1PPS) and debugging timing-sensitive field issues.
Benefits
  • Global workforce: flexible remote/hybrid opportunities
  • Work on complex, meaningful missions with real-world impact
  • Unlimited paid time off for most roles
  • Competitive salary and equity packages
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Access to the forefront of commercial space operations and defense innovation
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
FPGAXilinx VivadoYoctoCRustPetaLinuxFPGA verificationsignal processingfixed-point designdebugging
Soft Skills
excellent communication skillstechnical communicationteam collaborationcross-disciplinary communication