# DSP Engineer

**Company:** [Northwood Space](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/northwood-space)
**Location:** Los Angeles, CA, California
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** software-defined radio, fpga, embedded processors, rf transceivers, data converters, rfsoc, jesd204, c/c++, Rust, ethernet, pcie, dma, digital communications, satellite communications, phased arrays
**Posted:** 2026-08-03

> Architects and develops end-to-end software-defined radio platforms for satellite ground stations, spanning RF, data conversion, FPGA, embedded software, and system integration. Requires a relevant engineering degree, 4+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 2+ with a master’s, and ownership of complex RF hardware-software systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- 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 and make architecture decisions across RF transceivers, data converters, clocks, FPGAs, processors, memory, and high-speed interfaces.
- Define how signal-processing functions are partitioned across RF hardware, FPGA logic, embedded software, and host-based compute.
- Collaborate across RF, electrical, DSP, and FPGA teams on hardware design, embedded software, waveform integration, and end-to-end system performance.
- Lead hardware bring-up, calibration, characterization, and troubleshooting, and develop automated testing to validate performance and reliability.

## Requirements
- 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.

## Nice-to-Haves
- 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.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Employment is subject to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including ITAR eligibility requirements.

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