DSP Specialist FAE (Field Applications Engineer) – West Region

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

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

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

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

Pre-Sales & Design-In Support

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

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

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

DSP Expertise & Solution Development

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

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Debug and resolve complex system and application-level issues

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

DirectRF Support

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

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

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

Collaboration & Enablement

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

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

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Contribute to application notes, reference designs, and solution documentation

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

Business Impact & Opportunity Ownership

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

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

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

Soft Skills

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

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Customer-focused mindset with strong problem-solving ability

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

The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based ona number offactors including job location, job-related knowledge, skills, experiences,trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

$159.1K- $230.4KUSD

We use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for the position.Applicants must be eligible for any required U.S. export authorizations.

Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications

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

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

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Experience with high-level FPGA algorithm development tools (DSP Builder, System Generator, OneAPI)

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Proficiency with tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, Python, or C/C++

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