Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA)/Digital Design Engineer

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA)/DIGITAL DESIGN ENGINEER , Haystack Observatory

To develop advanced radio-astronomy and radar data acquisition and signal-processing systems along with remote sensor systems. Will engage with scientists to translate high-level requirements into working hardware and firmware designs, including end-to-end efforts to design systems involving high-speed signal processing.

Projects include:

1. Digital back-ends for very long baseline interferometry (VLBI)
2. Advanced phased-array radar hardware
3. Highly customized software radios
4. Spectral-line processors
5. Low-power embedded developed sensors

This will include efforts to develop new astronomical systems to support science measurements from a 37-m radio telescope.

Responsibilities include:

1. FPGA design and development of digital receivers, filters, and spectrometers, with data rates approaching terabits per second (Tb/s)
2. Translating concepts into working hardware and using the resulting systems in the field
3. Helping write requirements and validation efforts for subsystems
4. Contributing to project cost and time planning efforts
5. Other duties as assigned