Senior Electrical Engineer, FPGA , Optical Controls, and Embedded Software

General Atomics
San Diego, CAFULL_TIMEPosted Jul 3, 2026

Role responsibilities

Lead the concept development, prototype design, and testing of power electronics and high-energy laser systems. Generate electrical architecture solutions and manage technical efforts for advanced airborne sensors and space-based electronics.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor's, master's, or PhD in engineering with significant progressive experience in digital circuit design and FPGA algorithms. Candidates must be able to obtain a DoD Secret Clearance.

Key skills

FPGA Design, Embedded Firmware Design, VHDL, Digital Circuit Design, Embedded Controls, Hardware Description Language, Xilinx Vivado, PADS PCB Design, SPICE, HyperLynx, ANSYS, C/C++, MATLAB, LabVIEW, Real-time Control Algorithms, Hardware-in-the-loop Testing

Keywords

High Energy Laser, Embedded Systems, Power Electronics, Signal Processing, Laser Communications, Space Systems, Digital Circuit Design, Analog Design, System on Chip, Real-time Control, DoD Secret Clearance, R&D, Embedded Software, Optical Controls, Target Tracking, Lithium-Ion Batteries, Adaptive Electro-optics

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