Job Details:

Job Description:

The DSP Specialist Field Applications Engineer (FAE) serves as a critical technical bridge between customers, sales teams, and engineering. This role focuses on driving adoption and successful deployment of DSP-based solutions in Altera FPGAs by providing deep technical expertise, application guidance, and hands-on support throughout the customer design cycle.

In addition, the DSP Specialist FAE plays a key role in advancing DirectRF strategic opportunities, ensuring effective qualification, prioritization, and execution of high-value DSP engagements.

Key Responsibilities

Customer Engagement & Technical Leadership

• Serve as the technical interface for customers evaluating or implementing DSP solutions in Altera FPGAs

• Provide architecture guidance, system-level design recommendations, and performance optimization strategies

• Lead technical discussions and solution positioning with engineering teams and decision-makers

Pre-Sales & Design-In Support

• Collaborate with Sales and FSEs to identify, qualify, and drive DSP-related opportunities

• Demo, present, and position DSP architectures using IP and tools such as DSP Builder (via MATLAB/Simulink)

• Support customers through the full design cycle—from concept to production

DSP Expertise & Solution Development

• Provide deep expertise in digital signal processing concepts (e.g., filtering, channelization, beamforming, RF/DSP chains)

• Debug and resolve complex system and application-level issues

• Develop reusable architectures, demonstrations, and design collateral to scale DSP engagement efficiency

DirectRF Support

• Partner with Altera’s Aerospace, Defense and Government (ADG) group to support DirectRF opportunities, while also helping define future products

• Partner with Sales and Distribution to identify and support DirectRF-eligible opportunities across assigned accounts and distribution partners

• Identify and define appropriate RF+DSP architectures to support customer requirements

Collaboration & Enablement

• Work closely with product marketing, engineering, and internal FAEs to align on strategy and execution

• Deliver internal and customer-facing training on DSP solutions, tools, and design methodologies

• Contribute to application notes, reference designs, and solution documentation

• Provide input to the Altera factory, based on customer engagements, to help guide future product architecture decisions

Business Impact & Opportunity Ownership

• Support high-value opportunities and strategic accounts with measurable revenue impact

• Provide technical input into opportunity qualification, prioritization, and resource allocation

• Contribute to tracking design wins, pipeline progression, and program success metrics

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex technical concepts – including presenting at industry forums

• Customer-focused mindset with strong problem-solving ability

• Ability to operate cross-functionally in a fast-paced, high-impact environment

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of FPGA digital design experience (FPGA development tools ex. Quartus, Vivado, etc)

• 10+ years of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) experience (concepts and applications)

• Experience with high-level FPGA algorithm development tools (DSP Builder, System G