Communications / DSP Engineer

What You'll Do

• Develop acquisition, tracking, data decoding, and measurement algorithms.
• Collaborate across the team to drive the architectural transition from mathematical models to fixed-point, optimized FPGA designs and verifications.
• Build Python/C++ simulations and analyze performance under low-SNR, high dynamics, interference, and multipath conditions.
• Define HW/SW partitioning and system interfaces; optimize for FPGA resource utilization and timing constraints while ensuring requirements traceability.
• Specify measurement products (code phase, carrier, Doppler, C/N₀, PRs, DRs) and validate with Navigation team.
• Lead vendor SOWs, acceptance tests, integration, and compliance reviews.
• Document system architecture, simulations, trade studies, and verification results.

Required Qualifications

• MS or PhD in EE, CE, or related field; 7+ years’ experience in digital communications, DSP, or satellite systems.
• Strong mastery of synchronization, ranging, and spread-spectrum algorithm design.
• Hands-on experience with FPGA-based signal processing and bit-true/fixed-point modeling.
• Proficiency in Python, C/C++ for system modeling.
• Prior experience in vendor technical leadership and cross-functional system integration.

Preferred Qualifications

• GEO satellite backhaul or inter-satellite cross-link (ISL) experience.
• Familiarity with GNSS navigation and spread-spectrum systems.
• Experience in measurement integrity; experience with lab bring-up, test automation, and HIL/OTA testing.
• Experience in ARM-based MPSoC systems (Cortex-A/R), with experience developing Embedded Linux (PetaLinux/Yocto) and device drivers specifically for Zynq UltraScale+ environments.

Key Competencies

• Systems thinking with requirements and verification rigor.
• Techical leadership across internal teams and external vendors.
• Clear technical communication and documentation.
• Pragmatic, verification-driven approach for flight-ready solutions.