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Extropic

Hardware Systems Engineer

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Location
Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Work
On-site
Employment
Full-time
Level
Not stated
Function
Engineering
Pay
$90K – $250K a year
Posted
12 months ago

Pay and the market here

The top of this role’s range, $250K a year, is 18% above the median of $212K for engineering jobs in Waltham (middle half $171K – $250K, 70 jobs that state pay).

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About the role

Extropic is hiring a Hardware Systems Engineer to help accelerate our software/hardware development. The ideal candidate would be someone with a passion to develop the best software and hardware solutions.

Desired Experience

  • Experience in designing real-time digital signal processing systems using FPGAs
  • Experience in signal processing algorithm development and/or optimization
  • Experience in system verification and validation for efficiency and reliability
  • Experience in designing and testing with FPGAs-Experience with VHDL and/or Verilog
  • Hands-on experience with scopes and logic analyzers
  • Experience with PCB design and layout
  • Familiarity with standard hardware protocols (SPI,I2C,USB,PCIe,MIPI,UART)
  • Strong programming skills – Python, C etc.,
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Experience with writing software/HDL for highly parallelized hardware (GPU, FPGA).
  • Experience and understanding of system level implementation of complex algorithms.

Very few people will have all of these skills, so anyone with partial overlap is encouraged to apply!

This position will require access to information subject to control under U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). Please note that any offer for employment will be conditioned on authorization to receive controlled items.

Source

Posted by Extropic on their own hiring page, jobs.ashbyhq.com. OptiTalent shows it as published, read 07 Nov 2026 12:01 UTC; the original is the reference.

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