Senior DSP Engineer — RF Signal Processing (Remote)

Fairwinds Technologies, L; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairwinds Technologies, a U.S.-based engineering firm, seeks a Senior DSP Engineer focused on RF communications signal processing and real-time DSP on Xilinx UltraScale+/RFSoC/Versal platforms. A Master’s or PhD in a related field is required, with 15+ years of hands-on experience delivering hardware-backed DSP solutions.

You will collaborate across RF, FPGA/embedded, and systems teams to design, test, and deploy mission-critical DSP capabilities for SATCOM and defense applications.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
• 15+ years of relevant DSP engineering experience with demonstrated delivery of RF communications signal processing solutions.
• Proven hands-on experience implementing DSP on Xilinx RFSoC/UltraScale+/Versal and embedded platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize DSP algorithms for RF communications signals in dynamic environments.
• Lead algorithm development from concept to prototype to hardware implementation.
• Implement and validate DSP solutions on Xilinx RFSoC, UltraScale+, Versal with hardware acceleration.

Skills

DSP algorithm design

RF communications

Fixed-point DSP

Python

C/C++

MATLAB/Simulink

Verilog/VHDL

Systems integration

Education

Master’s or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering or Applied Math

Tools

Xilinx UltraScale+

RFSoC

Versal

ModelSim

Simulink

Job description

Fairwinds Technologies, a U.S.-based engineering firm, seeks a Senior DSP Engineer focused on RF communications signal processing and real-time DSP on Xilinx UltraScale+/RFSoC/Versal platforms. A Master’s or PhD in a related field is required, with 15+ years of hands-on experience delivering hardware-backed DSP solutions.

You will collaborate across RF, FPGA/embedded, and systems teams to design, test, and deploy mission-critical DSP capabilities for SATCOM and defense applications.