DSP Algorithms Engineer (Mid-Level or Lead)

Description

The company is hiring mid-level or lead DSP Algorithms Engineers for its Space, Intelligence and Weapons Systems teams in El Segundo, California.

That group runs the company's large commercial and government satellite and ground programs for communications, national defense and other missions.

You would design new RF and digital satellite communication systems for commercial, civil and national security customers, working with domestic or international customers.

Projects cover the full unit life cycle, from internal trade studies and concept work through system definition to satellite unit build and test.

You would sit on a systems engineering team that works alongside customers, suppliers, program managers, integration and test engineers and senior technologists.

Responsibilities

• Create the next generation of RF and digital satellite communication systems.
• Build and verify multi-rate, fixed-point signal processing algorithms.
• Analyze how well signal processing models perform.
• Develop and characterize waveforms.
• Run trade studies.
• Help integrate and test payloads and spacecraft, from unit level through in-orbit operations.
• Contribute to HDL-level design and verification.
• Carry out detailed system design and verification work.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, engineering technology (including manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science or computer science.
• Hands-on experience with digital signal processing and digital communications techniques such as equalization, turbo and Viterbi coding and decoding, channel estimation, filter design and resampling theory.
• At least 1 year of work with MATLAB or Simulink.
• At least 3 years in core digital communications and signal processing theory.
• At least 1 year in systems engineering, covering requirements definition, allocation, verification, architecture design and trade design.
• Able to obtain a US security clearance, which requires US citizenship as a condition of employment. A final US Secret clearance is required after start.
• Mid-level: 5+ years of related work experience, or an equivalent mix of technical education and experience.
• Lead level: 9+ years of related work experience, or an equivalent mix of technical education and experience.
• Preferred: experience working with ASICs or FPGAs.
• Preferred: experience with the performance characteristics of analog electronics or data converters (ADCs and DACs).
• Preferred: experience with digital and RF lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators and spectrum analyzers.
• Preferred: 3+ years with MATLAB and/or Simulink.
• Preferred: 5+ years in digital signal processing or digital communications.
• Preferred: 3+ years in systems engineering concepts, covering requirements definition, allocation, verification, architecture design and trade design.
• Preferred: experience leading teams.
• Preferred: experience leading IR&D activities.

Conditions

The role is 100% onsite at the El Segundo, CA location.

The site offers an optional 9/80 schedule: 9-hour shifts, 8 days per bi-weekly pay period, with every other Friday off.

Shift 1 (United States of America).

Bachelor's degree or equivalent education.

Language requirements: not applicable.

Not a safety-sensitive position.

Not contingent upon program award.

Visa sponsorship is not offered for employment visa status.

Successful candidates must pass the company's conflict of interest assessment.

The company is a drug-free workplace, and post-offer applicants and employees may be tested for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP and alcohol when criteria are met under company policy.

Relocation is available based on eligibility, and basic relocation is offered to eligible internal candidates.

Pay depends on experience, qualifications, market and business considerations.

Mid-level (Level 3) summary pay range: $119,850 to $162,150.

Lead level (Level 4) summary pay range: $146,200 to $197,800.

Export control compliance requires a U.S. Person as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62, meaning a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent resident, refugee or asylee.

An interim and/or final U.S. Secret clearance is required after start, and the U.S. Government requires U.S. citizenship for the clearance.

Benefits

• A Total Rewards package with competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
• Eligible employees can enroll in benefit programs that generally include health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Available programs and options vary by location, hire date and collective bargaining agreements.