Senior Hardware/ Software Design Engineer

About the role

BigBear.ai is seeking an experienced senior HW/SW Design Engineer to join a small team to design, develop, construct, and test electronic hardware (FPGA) and software processing components for subsystems supporting RF communication and collection systems. This position requires expertise in FPGA development, digital signal processing implementation, and software-hardware integration to support mission-critical requirements. The engineer will lead technical design efforts, implement DSP algorithms and associated technical components in FPGA hardware, integrate with existing Linux code bases, bridge FPGA to software stack connections, and document those efforts.

Responsibilities

• Combine hardware design responsibilities (FPGA RTL development, timing closure, resource optimization) with software development (integration code, system-level software) to deliver complete subsystem solutions.
• Implement DSP and associated technical components in FPGA for code base integration.
• Interface FPGA code with existing code bases and software.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience or equivalent.
• Active TS/SCI with Poly clearance.
• Strong experience in FPGA coding, Digital Signal Processing theory and application.
• Knowledge of signal processing blocks and related DSP components.
• Proficiency in Linux OS and coding ability in C and C++.

Skills

• FPGA development (Vivado required; experience with Epiq Solution PDK preferred).
• Digital Signal Processing (DSP) implementation.
• Software-hardware integration.

About BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on BigBear.ai’s predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI.