Junior DSP Engineer: RF, Radios & Embedded Systems

Fairwinds Technologies; Maryland; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairwinds Technologies in the United States seeks an entry-level Digital Signal Processing Engineer to turn DSP theory into practical radios, RF systems, and embedded test environments. You will collaborate with experienced DSP, FPGA, RF, software, and systems engineers to model, implement, and validate signal-processing capabilities across product development and customer projects.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s in ECE/CS or related field, hands-on coursework in DSP, and familiarity with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, Mathematics, or similar.
• Coursework or internship in digital signal processing, communications, radar, or related analytic field.
• Experience with MATLAB, Python, Simulink, or GNU Radio.
• Willingness to learn software/hardware interfaces for practical systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop, simulate, analyze, and test DSP algorithms for communications, sensing, RF test, and signal-conditioning applications.
• Model signals and evaluate algorithm performance using MATLAB, Python, Simulink, or similar tools.
• Assist translation of algorithms into embedded software or FPGA-oriented implementations.
• Contribute to test methods, reference models, and automated analysis workflows.

Skills

DSP concepts

MATLAB/Python

Collaborative engineering

Structured problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in ECE/CS

Hands-on DSP coursework

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

GNU Radio

Job description

Fairwinds Technologies in the United States seeks an entry-level Digital Signal Processing Engineer to turn DSP theory into practical radios, RF systems, and embedded test environments. You will collaborate with experienced DSP, FPGA, RF, software, and systems engineers to model, implement, and validate signal-processing capabilities across product development and customer projects.

Ideal candidates have a bachelor’s in ECE/CS or related field, hands-on coursework in DSP, and familiarity with