FPGA & DSP Team Lead (AU) en DroneShield

About the role

DroneShield is seeking a FPGA DSP Engineer with relevant experience, to lead the FPGA & DSP Engineering team in Sydney, Australia. The position will report to Hardware Manager, Sensors and Effectors where the role will comprise a split between technical management and individual contribution. The core challenge of the role is the development and expansion of RF Detection and Defeat products using software-defined radios (SDRs) and FPGAs.

Responsibilities, Duties and Expectations   

Technical Management

• Lead a team of FPGA & DSP Engineers developing electronic warfare products implementing Agile and other project management techniques.
• Task allocation to team members, considering trade-off’s, priority in-line with business objectives.
• Updating of project plans, forecasts and people planning including conducting and running quarterly planning sessions within the team.
• Regular updates to management of team progress, including project dependencies, roadblocks and delays.
• Ability to work with other team leaders on developing consistent systems and methods of working in line with industry best practices.
• Conduct regular 1-1’s with team members, Annual reviews, including identification of training and relevant events.

Individual Contribution

• Design and Implementation of radio frequency (RF) concepts, FPGA and ARM processor development, digital signal processing and Machine Learning (ML) algorithm implementation.
• Research, Design and Implementation of complex multi-FPGA Architectures targeting high bandwidth, low-latency and low-footprint embedded system applications.
• Research, scoping, design, development, and implementation of embedded MPSoC systems to support real-time wide bandwidth (> 1Ghz) RF digital data signal processing.
• Optimise the core of DroneShield’s technology for recognition, accuracy, performance, stability, and maintenance.
• Developing and expanding automated verification and validation (V&V) frameworks for CI/CD and agile development.
• Developing and expanding automated reliable build systems.

Qualifications, Experience and Skills   

• BS degree in Electronic Engineering, similar technical field of study or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of qualified experience working within an established team.
• Strong experience with programming, debugging, and verifying Verilog, VHDL or SystemVerilog.
• Strong FPGA development experience using FPGA software tools such as Vivado (preferable), Quartus, Vitis, etc.
• Experience with designing and implementing high-throughput, low-latency and fully pipelined FPGA architectures.
• Experience using and designing automated Verification and Validation frameworks.
• Experience writing C/C++ firmware for FPGA modules along with familiarity with scripting languages (Python Preferable).
• Experience working in a Linux environment.
• Experience working with PCB schematics, board bring-ups and debugging hardware.
• A general RF background and knowledge of RF transmission protocols and general principals.
• Strong background or experience in Digital Signal Processing.
• Understanding or working knowledge of Machine Learning (ML) concepts within the scope of FPGA implementation.

Note for recruitment agencies: we do not accept floated candidates from external recruiters unless they were instructed to do so.