Senior DSP/SDR Engineer

6w1 month ago

The Aerospace Corporation

Chantilly, US · Full-time · $129,000 – $249,600

About this role

The Aerospace Corporation operates as a federally funded research and development center delivering innovative solutions across satellite, launch, ground, and cyber systems. The organization serves defense, civil, and commercial customers with unmatched technical expertise in space programs.

The Mission Payloads Division pioneers remote sensing systems in electronics, sensors, radar, artificial intelligence, and advanced data networks. Its Digital Electronics and Electromagnetic Department manages the full communications chain from RF signals to digital bits.

As Senior DSP/SDR Engineer you will solve technically challenging problems in communications, signals collection, and data processing. The role provides strategic guidance to the United States Space Force and the Intelligence Community on evolving space architectures.

You will collaborate with leading technical experts while influencing future missions through modeling, simulation, RF chain analysis, and software-defined radio systems. The position requires full-time on-site work at the Chantilly facility.

Requirements

Expertise in digital signal processing and software-defined radio systems
Strong background in RF chain analysis and design
Experience with modeling and simulation of communications systems
Ability to deliver strategic technical guidance on space architectures
Proficiency in developing satellite payloads and signal collection techniques

Responsibilities

Solve technically challenging problems in communications, signals collection, and data processing
Apply technical abilities to keep development programs successful and influence future missions
Provide strategic guidance to the United States Space Force and Intelligence Community
Develop satellite payloads and advanced signal collection methods
Create new modulation schemes and testbed environments
Advance antenna design, characterization, and measurement approaches