FPGA Engineer - Radar Signal Processing

About Us Harmattan AI is a next-generation defense prime building autonomous and scalable defense systems. Following the close of a $200M Series B, valuing the company at $1.4 billion, we are expanding our teams and capabilities to deliver mission-critical systems to allied forces. Our work is guided by clear values: building technologies with real-world impact, pursuing excellence in everything we do, setting ambitious goals, and taking on the hardest technical challenges. We operate in a demanding environment where rigor, ownership, and execution are expected.

About The Role

As an FPGA Radar Engineer, you will contribute to the design and implementation of the real-time radar signal-processing pipeline at the heart of our drone sensing capability. Working closely with hardware and embedded software engineers, you will be involved across the development cycle, from architecture and RTL implementation through integration and field validation. This is a great opportunity for an engineer who combines solid DSP foundations with hands-on FPGA experience and a genuine interest in radar systems.

Responsibilities

• Implement FPGA-based radar signal-processing pipelines, covering core stages such as pulse compression, Range/Doppler processing, CFAR detection, and target tracking handoff.
• Contribute to the RTL implementation of radar waveform generation and reception, including FMCW and pulsed waveforms.
• Run system-level radar simulations: Range-Doppler maps, SNR modeling, clutter analysis, and detection performance under realistic conditions.
• Write and maintain testbenches and validation frameworks suited to radar processing chains, supporting rapid debug and iteration.
• Work closely with RF and hardware engineers to ensure clean integration between FPGA designs and the radar front-end (antenna, Tx/Rx modules, ADC/DAC interfaces, timing and synchronization).
• Document interfaces between the radar processing core, system software, and hardware layers.

Candidate Requirements

• Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing, Applied Physics, or a related field.
• At least 3 years of hands-on FPGA development experience, including practical work with radar or sonar signal processing (using VHDL and/or Verilog/SystemVerilog).
• Strong working knowledge of radar signal processing fundamentals, including pulse compression, matched filtering, Range-Doppler processing, CFAR, and clutter rejection.
• Familiarity with FMCW and pulsed radar architectures, including waveform generation and digital back-end processing on FPGA.
• Solid foundation in DSP concepts: FFT, FIR/IIR filtering, windowing, fixed-point arithmetic, and precision management.
• Experience with test benches development and hardware-in-the-loop validation.
• Rigorous and collaborative, with the ability to work effectively across hardware, software, and systems teams.
• 100% dedication to Harmattan AI’s mission, vision, and ambitious growth plans, ready to go the extra mile to ensure operational excellence.

We look forward to hearing how you can help shape the future of autonomous defense systems at Harmattan AI.