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title: 'FPGA Engineer - Radar at Alta Ares'
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# FPGA Engineer - Radar at Alta Ares

- **Company:** Alta Ares
- **Location:** Paris, France
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-03
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/alta-ares/9ce7729a-67f7-4047-b04b-ffcf429859be

## Job description

## About Alta Ares

Alta Ares is an air defense Neoprime. We build AI-guided interceptors to counter drones and cruise missiles, along with the software platform that powers them. Our customers are NATO-aligned militaries and defense institutions, and our systems are regularly deployed during live exercises and operational demonstrations across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Founded in 2024, we have grown to 90 people, raised over $60M, and increased revenue 40× this year. We are now entering a new phase of international expansion, industrial scaling, fundraising, and product development.

## Role & Mission

- Turn radar sensing requirements into FPGA designs that support reliable drone detection in operational conditions.
- Define how radar data is acquired, processed, and delivered to the rest of the system, working across RF, electronics, and software teams.
- Establish processing budgets and select implementation approaches based on detection performance, latency, numerical accuracy, and available FPGA resources.
- Develop reference models to study radar behavior in noise and clutter and guide hardware design decisions.
- Build reusable RTL functions for waveform generation and receive processing in FMCW and pulsed radar systems.
- Implement the processing stages needed to extract targets from radar returns, including matched filtering, pulse compression, range-Doppler processing, clutter rejection, and CFAR detection.
- Integrate ADC/DAC interfaces, coordinate transmit and receive timing, and ensure synchronization with the radar front end.
- Specify how detections and associated measurements are passed to tracking functions and embedded software.
- Verify designs against reference models through automated testbenches and hardware-in-the-loop testing.
- Investigate performance gaps on target hardware and use laboratory measurements and field results to improve the processing chain.
- Document design decisions, interfaces, and validation results to support integration and future product development.

Candidate Profile

- At least three years of FPGA development experience, with practical exposure to radar or sonar processing.
- Ability to take a signal-processing function from an algorithmic description to verified RTL in VHDL or Verilog/SystemVerilog.
- Strong DSP foundations, including FFT, digital filtering, windowing, and the effects of quantization and fixed-point precision.
- Understanding of how radar systems estimate target range and velocity, distinguish returns from clutter, and set detection thresholds.
- Working knowledge of matched filtering, pulse compression, range-Doppler maps, and CFAR techniques.
- Familiarity with FMCW and pulsed radar, including the relationship between waveform choices, acquisition timing, and digital processing.
- Experience assessing radar performance through simulation, including signal-to-noise ratio and clutter effects.
- Experience developing testbenches, debugging FPGA hardware, and validating processing chains with hardware-in-the-loop methods.
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Electrical Engineering, Signal Processing, Applied Physics, or a related field.

## Skills & Qualities

- Hands-on engineer motivated by making radar processing work reliably on physical hardware.
- Able to connect system-level performance issues with their causes in algorithms, RTL, interfaces, or timing.
- Methodical approach to debugging, verification, and documenting technical decisions.
- Comfortable owning development tasks and coordinating integration work across disciplines.
- Clear communicator who makes trade-offs explicit and flags risks early.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate autonomously in a fast-growing company.
- High integrity and professionalism in handling sensitive defense technologies.

## About Alta Ares

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Alta Ares builds an autonomous AI stack for next-generation air defense, ISTAR, and mission management, delivering counter-drone systems and edge intelligence to allied militaries.
- **Entity Type**: Private (raised pre-seed and seed rounds; most recent €50M funding announced June 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Paris, France (strategic offices in Toulouse, Kyiv, Abu Dhabi, New York, Athens, Munich, and London)
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Hadrien C. (CEO), Alain H. (Co-Founder), Stanislas W. (Co-Founder & COO) – per LinkedIn executive data

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Defense and Space Manufacturing; AI-powered autonomous systems
- **Target Customers**: Allied governments and armed forces (B2B/B2G)
- **Mission**: “The next decade of allied security will be decided by who controls the autonomous systems above the battlefield. Alta Ares was founded to help ensure that the technologies shaping the future of defense are developed by allies, for allies, and fielded where they can make the greatest difference.” [altaares.com](https://www.altaares.com/)

## Products & Services
- **Black Bird**: Short- to mid-range multirotor autonomous interceptor for counter-drone swarms, with AI terminal guidance under jamming.
- **X-LOCK**: Mid- to long-range turbojet-powered fixed-wing effector for high-speed interception of drones and glide bombs; optional strike configuration.
- **Cyclops**: Sensor intelligence, mission planning, and flight monitoring system for UAVs – connects radars, classifies tracks, predicts trajectories.
- **Gamma ISTAR**: Real-time video intelligence on the edge for Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions. Includes Gamma Core (software deployable on any infrastructure) and Gamma Box (tactical rugged hardware node). Integrated with Gamma Ulixes MLOps platform for continuous model retraining.
- **Pixel Lock**: Software system for detecting, tracking, and guiding interceptors toward moving aerial targets. Acts as visual aid for pilots and as automatic guidance in GNSS-denied environments.
- **Mission Management Layer**: Unified platform combining air defense effectors, ISTAR products, and mission management software for autonomous operations.

[altaares.com](https://www.altaares.com/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total known funding ≈ €50M+ (includes a reported June 2026 round led by top-tier AI and defense investors) [altaares.com](https://www.altaares.com/); earlier pre-seed ($2.2M) and seed ($2.0M) rounds confirmed on LinkedIn [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alta-ares)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Airbus Defence and Space (signed MoU to co-develop European counter-drone solutions, June 2026); Expansion Ventures (led pre-seed). Other investors not yet named publicly.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Completed live Arctic trials of Black Bird interceptor with Estonian Defence Forces (Feb 2026)
  - Expanding to Munich and London in 2026
  - Rapid hiring: 19+ active job postings (LinkedIn), 12 listed on Built In
  - LinkedIn followers: 11,265 (+15.8% monthly growth)
  - Team: ~43 employees (LinkedIn) to 62 (Built In), with strong technical talent from defense and aerospace (Armée de Terre, Safran AI, Loft Orbital)

[builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/alta-ares) | [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alta-ares)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Sovereign European stack**: Entire AI and hardware chain developed by European allies, ensuring security and compliance for NATO and allied customers.
- **GNSS-denied operations**: All systems designed to function under jamming and contested environments.
- **Rapid field deployment**: Systems can be deployed by small teams in the field, reducing logistics footprint.
- **Full-stack integration**: One platform combining effectors, ISR, and mission management with edge AI and continuous MLOps.

## Strategic Focus
- Scale manufacturing and deployment of Black Bird, X-LOCK, and Gamma products to meet growing demand from allied nations.
- Deepen integration partnership with Airbus Defence and Space for European counter-drone solutions.
- Expand international presence (Munich, London offices in 2026) and grow sales in Baltic, Indo-Pacific, and Middle Eastern markets.
- Continue investment in AI terminal guidance, sensor fusion, and sovereign MLOps (Gamma Ulixes).

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven**: Directly contribute to European and allied defense autonomy in a critical domain.
- **Cutting-edge tech**: Work on AI, computer vision, autonomous flight, edge computing, and defense-grade hardware.
- **Rapid growth**: Company raised €50M in 2026, tripling headcount timeline; many open engineering and operations roles.
- **Culture**: Described as a “deeptech startup” with a hybrid workspace (combination of remote and on-site); main offices in Paris and Toulouse, plus international hubs.
- **Perks**: Not detailed publicly, but typical for defense tech includes competitive compensation, equity, and mission-critical work. Engineering culture emphasized in job postings.
- **Ideal for**: Engineers (embedded, robotics, GNC, data, ML), test pilots, production managers, defense sales, compliance, and talent acquisition specialists.

## Sources
1. [altaares.com](https://www.altaares.com/)
2. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/alta-ares)
3. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/alta-ares)
4. [jobs.workable.com](https://jobs.workable.com/company/dTjqj5nvsJLNhfSDY12XbG/jobs-at-alta-ares)
5. [thecompanycheck.com](https://www.thecompanycheck.com/company/b/alta-ares/l5u43z56vx1ldmfss)

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