SirenOpt

Staff Electrical Engineer – FPGA / MPSoC Systems & Digital Signal Processing

San Leandro, California, United States · Staff+

Sponsorship not specified$160k-$240kDetected 54 days ago

PythonMATLABAlgorithmsMachine LearningData AnalysisPCB DesignFPGAElectrical EngineeringSignal ProcessingLeadershipCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who enjoys working close to the technology, solving hard problems quickly, and helping shape products in an early-stage startup environment.
You will work closely with a small, highly capable team to turn advanced sensing, digital signal processing, and control concepts into robust, high-performance, field-ready systems.

Lead the architecture, design, implementation, and validation of FPGA, MPSoC, and FPGA-based digital signal processing systems for SirenOpt's metrology platform.
Develop designs from concept through architecture definition, RTL development, modeling, simulation, verification, testbench development, bench testing, and system bring-up.
Build and maintain robust simulation and verification environments to validate functionality, timing, performance, and reliability at both block and system levels.
Design and implement FPGA-based digital signal processing pipelines for real-time sensing and metrology applications, including FIR filters, synchronization pipelines, control loops, and low-latency data paths.
Implement, evaluate, and refine signal-processing and control algorithms such as PID, ADPLL, filtering, and signal-conditioning methods for high-performance measurement systems.
Perform large-scale data analysis to evaluate signal quality, characterize system behavior, and guide design tradeoffs and performance optimization.
Collaborate closely with hardware, electrical, software, algorithm, and systems engineers to support end-to-end FPGA, MPSoC, firmware, and hardware integration.

B.S., M.S., or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with 5+ years of relevant industry experience.
Strong experience with end-to-end FPGA and MPSoC design, including architecture, RTL development, simulation, synthesis, timing closure, verification, and board bring-up.
Advanced experience with FPGA-based digital signal processing for real-time systems, including FIR filters, synchronization methods, streaming pipelines, and control-oriented digital design.
Strong experience with algorithm modeling and analysis using MATLAB and Python.
Experience implementing and validating signal-processing and control techniques such as PID, ADPLL, filtering, and signal characterization workflows.
Strong understanding of firmware/hardware integration and system-level debugging in tightly coupled digital platforms.
Ability to read and understand electrical schematics and work effectively at the board and subsystem level.
Proven experience troubleshooting and bringing up hardware in the lab using standard electrical test equipment.
Experience working in a fast-moving, multidisciplinary environment with a high degree of ownership and technical independence.

Experience providing technical leadership for hardware and firmware engineering teams in complex product development environments.
Experience with high-speed interfaces, instrumentation systems, or real-time sensing platforms.
Familiarity with mixed-signal systems and integration with ADCs, DACs, sensors, and embedded processors.
Exposure to metrology systems, scientific instrumentation, or advanced materials applications.
Why Join SirenOpt
Help define a new category in advanced materials metrology.
Work on genuinely novel deep-tech hardware with real scientific and industrial impact.
Join an early-stage team where your decisions directly shape the product, technology, and company.

Equity and Salary compensation depends on experience
Health, Dental, Vision plans provided
Time off: 20 days of PTO per year, plus approximately 15 paid US holidays per year

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