Software Signal Processing Engineer

Description

The work is in the company's Space Systems unit, on a radar contract.

The team develops new radar digital signal processing software that identifies and tracks objects in geosynchronous orbit.

The role is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Relocation assistance may be available.

Travel is about 10% of the time.

An active Secret clearance is required before you start.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, document, test and debug applications software and systems that apply logic and mathematics.
• Carry out multidisciplinary research and work with equipment and hardware engineers on planning, designing, developing and using electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software.
• Establish what computer users need, assess system capabilities, and solve problems involving program intent, output needs, input data acquisition, programming methods and controls.
• Write operating instructions.
• Design and develop compilers, assemblers, utility programs and operating systems.

Requirements

• A bachelor's in science with 2 years of experience, or a master's with 0 years; without a degree, 4 additional years of experience are required instead.
• You must hold an active U.S. Government Secret clearance when you apply, and it must be current and within scope.
• You have demonstrated experience developing and optimizing radar signal processing algorithms and pipelines (DSP), using toolsets such as the DSP System Toolbox, Signal Processing Toolbox or Phased Array System toolsets.
• You have demonstrated experience using GPGPU acceleration, such as CUDA, for performance-critical signal processing or analytics work.
• You have used AI-enabled engineering tools, such as an AI coding assistant, for code explanation, refactoring and test generation, and you remain accountable for code you review.
• You have experience with C++, Java, Python and CUDA.
• You have experience with Linux.
• You have experience with RF signal processing.
• You have experience with GPU optimization.
• You have experience with the NVIDIA MatX library.
• You have experience with AI tooling.
• You have experience with high side development and processes.
• Preferred: radar knowledge, including how to produce a Range Doppler Map from a radar signal, how a sparse array performs beamforming, loss budgets and system tradeoffs, and how calibration applies to a distributed system.
• Preferred: C++ knowledge covering real-time processing, current C++ standards and modern C++ techniques.
• Preferred: an understanding of the benefits and limits of running signal processing code on GPGPUs, and familiarity with cuFFT and/or cuSignal. MatX is preferred but not expected.
• Preferred: functional familiarity with MATLAB and Python.
• Preferred: a self-starter who can work with minimal direction, learn the system largely on their own, and look for defects and optimizations as they go.
• Experience only in writing or implementing signal processing algorithms is not enough for this role.

Conditions

Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with travel about 10% of the time.

An active Secret clearance is required for start.

The primary level base salary range is $83,400.00 to $125,200.00. This is a general guideline, and final offers depend on scope, responsibilities, experience, education, skills and market conditions.

The application window is estimated at 20 days from the posting date, and may be shortened or extended based on business needs and candidate availability.

Benefits

• Overtime, shift differential and a discretionary bonus may be offered depending on the position.
• Annual bonuses reward individual contributions and let employees share in company results.
• Employees in Vice President or Director roles may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.
• Health insurance, life and disability insurance, a savings plan, company-paid holidays, and paid time off for vacation or personal business.