DSP Engineer
On-siteLos Angeles, California, United States or Torrance, California, United States
Job Summary
Own the architecture and development of a software-defined radio platform from initial concept through production deployment. Translate waveform and system requirements into radio specifications, making architecture decisions across RF transceivers, data converters, clocks, FPGAs, and processors. Define signal-processing partitions between RF hardware, FPGA logic, embedded software, and host compute. Collaborate with RF, electrical, DSP, and FPGA teams on hardware design, waveform integration, and end-to-end system performance. Lead hardware bring-up, calibration, characterization, and troubleshooting while developing automated testing to validate performance and reliability. This role is full-time and requires a U.S. citizen or eligible resident to comply with space technology export regulations.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant experience, or Master's degree with 2+ years of experience, in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or a related field
- Experience architecting or developing software-defined radios, wireless communications systems, radar systems, or similar RF platforms
- Strong understanding of the complete radio signal chain, including RF front ends, frequency conversion, data converters, clocking, digital processing, and system control
- Experience working with FPGAs, embedded processors, high-speed data converters, RF transceivers, and mixed-signal hardware
- Demonstrated ownership of a complex hardware-software system from architecture through bring-up and operational validation
- U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State
Desired Qualifications
- Experience developing an SDR or radio platform from a clean-sheet architecture
- Familiarity with RFSoCs, direct-RF sampling, JESD204 interfaces, integrated RF transceivers, or high-speed ADCs and DACs
- Experience with FPGA development, embedded C/C++ or Rust, and high-throughput interfaces such as Ethernet, PCIe, or DMA
- Knowledge of digital communications, RF performance, clocking, calibration, and signal-chain impairments
- Experience developing radios for satellite communications, phased arrays, ground stations, radar, or electronic warfare applications
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