Design Engineering Manager

Location: On‑site in Santa Barbara, CA or Arlington, VA – Relocation assistance provided.

Responsibilities: Develop FPGA‑based digital designs for radar, electronic warfare, and communications. Work with electrical and systems engineers to integrate Xilinx SoC based hardware with high‑speed data converters and associated microwave transmitter and receiver chains. Continuously collaborate with the payload engineering team to address mechanical, thermal and power subsystems and interfaces. Rapidly develop prototypes and iteratively improve hardware and firmware. Prepare engineering documentation, reports, and test plans. Perform other professional duties as assigned.

Requirements: 5+ years of proven, relevant experience in digital design with FPGA and SoC devices. Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering or equivalent. Expertise in VHDL and/or Verilog. Knowledge of foundational electrical engineering, computer architecture and digital design concepts. Development experience with Xilinx devices and design suite, such as Vivado, SDK and Vitis. Experience developing MCU and SoC software in Rust or C/C++.Familiarity with standard physical layers for digital communication (UART, SPI, LVDS).

Nice to Have: Advanced degree. Experience with high‑speed data transfer and bandwidth management. Knowledge of digital communication systems and modulations (QPSK, 8‑PSK).Experience with parallelizing DSP algorithms. Experience with flight software, robotics, autonomous or fault‑critical systems. Proficient in programming embedded ARM cores with Linux, RTOS or bare‑metal environments.

Knowledge of Python and System: Verilog. TS/SCI security clearance.