DSP Specialist FAE; Field Applications Engineer West Region

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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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

The pay range below is for Bay Area California only. Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors 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 - $230.4K USD

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

• 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…