Embedded Systems Engineer | Aerospace & Defense

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Texas Instruments is seeking an Embedded Systems Engineer to join our Aerospace & Defense Embedded Systems team in Dallas, Texas. You will lead the development of advanced firmware and embedded software for next-generation radar, electronic warfare, and communications systems. This role combines low-level firmware optimization with system-level architecture, working at the intersection of high-speed data acquisition, DSP algorithms, and heterogeneous processor platforms. You have the ability to showcase advanced A&D capabilities on cutting-edge processors and FPGAs.

Responsibilities:

Firmware & Embedded Software Development

• Design and implement high-performance firmware for RF data pipelines.

• Knowledge of DSP concepts (filters, matrix math, digital beam forming, equalization, channelization, etc.)

• Develop and optimize PCIe, JESD204, and Ethernet drivers.

• Port and benchmark RF signal processing algorithms

System Architecture, Design, and Collaboration

• Collaborate with RF and hardware teams to define system architectures for data synchronization and AESA timing

• Translating FPGA functions to hard macros for ASIC implementation with attention to latency, throughput, and phase noise.

• Influence next-generation platform roadmap based on implementation learnings from demonstrator work

• Co-develop competitive solutions with customer engineers and field applications engineers, demonstrating comfort with change and uncertainty.

• Ability to teach and influence others.

Board Bring-Up & Evaluation Support

• Lead or support PCB/FPGA/processor board bring-up and initial integration testing

• Prepare technical documentation and demonstrate system capabilities to internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, ECE, Computer Engineering, or related field

• 10 years of professional engineering experience in embedded systems, FPGA firmware, or RF signal processing software development

• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python; strong capability with VHDL or Verilog and

expertise with FPGA design tools (Vivado/Vitis)

• Deep understanding of RF signal chains, RF performance metrics (NF, SFDR, IP2, IP3, phase noise), and RF system design.

• Proficiency with high-speed interfaces: PCIe protocols, JESD204B/C, and serial data links

• Proficiency with MATLAB for algorithm development, simulation, and data analysis

• ITAR Restriction: All candidates for this ITAR restricted position must be one of the following: US Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident, Asylee, Refugee or otherwise lawfully admitted under an amnesty program

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, ECE, Computer Engineering, or related field

• 5 years of industry experience at an Aerospace & Defense (A&D) company.

• Experience bringing up complex embedded systems and performing real-time system optimization

• Experience with heterogeneous ARM + DSP processor architecture

• Hands-on experience developing or optimizing RF signal processing algorithms for radar, EW, or software-defined radio systems.

• Prior involvement in A&D product development, including familiarity with government reference architectures (GRA).

• Demonstrated ability to translate customer requirements into scalable system architectures

• Demonstrated experience maturing technologies through TRL advancement within government R&D efforts.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems spanning hardware-firmware-software boundaries

• Strong communications skills

• Familiarity with modern RF lab equipment (spectrum analyzers, signal generators, oscilloscopes)