Senior DSP Engineer — RF & Real-Time Signal Processing

Black Sheep Group - BSG; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Black Sheep Group is seeking a DSP Engineer to design, develop, test, and integrate digital signal processing algorithms for RF, waveform, and time-series data. You will collaborate with software, ML, systems, and domain experts to move concepts into deployable capabilities.

The role requires a strong foundation in DSP fundamentals, hands-on coding in Python, MATLAB, and C++, and experience turning data into actionable signal-processing objectives in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred for senior candidates.
• 5-8+ years of professional experience in digital signal processing, RF, radar, or related fields.
• Strong DSP fundamentals: sampling, filtering, FFTs, spectral analysis, windowing, modulation/demodulation.
• Experience with real-world RF, waveform, sensor, or time-series data.
• Proficiency in Python, MATLAB, C++, or similar languages for DSP development.
• Experience validating algorithms against real datasets and documenting assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and integrate DSP algorithms and software.
• Work with RF, waveform, sensor, and time-series data to produce deployable capabilities.
• Collaborate with software, ML, systems, and domain experts to move concepts to production.

Skills

DSP fundamentals

Signal processing

Python

MATLAB

C++

FFT

Time-frequency analysis

RF systems

Sensing data

Mathematical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Signal Processing, Applied Mathematics, Physics

Tools

GNU Radio

MATLAB/Simulink

NumPy/SciPy

CUDA

Job description

Black Sheep Group is seeking a DSP Engineer to design, develop, test, and integrate digital signal processing algorithms for RF, waveform, and time-series data. You will collaborate with software, ML, systems, and domain experts to move concepts into deployable capabilities.

The role requires a strong foundation in DSP fundamentals, hands-on coding in Python, MATLAB, and C++, and experience turning data into actionable signal-processing objectives in a fast-moving environment.