Senior Embedded DSP Engineer — Radar & RF Processing

Mach-Industries; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, CA, is seeking a Senior Embedded DSP Engineer to build high-performance radar signal processing software on embedded platforms. You will work with RF, FPGA, hardware, and GNC teams to prototype, implement, and optimize real-time processing pipelines.

The role emphasizes ownership of the full development lifecycle—from modeling and algorithm prototyping to hardware integration and validation—plus on-site work at our Huntington Beach headquarters in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, System Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience developing production signal processing software for radar, RF sensing, EW signal processing, wireless or similarly demanding real-time systems.
• Strong knowledge of digital signal processing, statistical signal processing, estimation, detection theory, or related discipline.
• Ability to identify and translate mathematical models into implementable algorithms that meet system requirements and performance.
• Proficiency with Python, MATLAB, or similar tools for algorithm development, simulation, recorded-data analysis, visualization, and test-vector generation.
• Proficiency in low level C/C++ for embedded systems with the ability to write clean, well-tested, and efficient code.
• Proven experience developing for one or more embedded processing architectures, such as microcontrollers, DSPs, SIMD/vector processors, or heterogeneous multicore SoCs.
• Ability to profile and optimize the performance of signal processing algorithms to meet real-time software constraints and achieve optimal radar system performance.
• Ability to read schematics and bring-up new boards and processors, including bring-up peripherals/drivers and embedded code from scratch.
• Experience using standard device-to-device protocols (SPI, I2C) and GPIO to control/calibrate RF signal chains and interface with customer platforms.
• Ability to debug, test and validate embedded software using functional tests, logic/protocol analyzers and lab tests to ensure the functionality of embedded software.
• Strong grasp of full software development life cycle and ability to execute and thrive in a fast-paced, high-iteration environment.
• Ability to work 100% on-site at our headquarters in Huntington Beach, CA.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance radar signal processing software on embedded platforms.
• Collaborate with RF, FPGA, hardware, and GNC engineers to meet requirements.
• Own the full development lifecycle from modeling to validation.
• Optimize processing pipelines for low latency and power.
• Write production-grade C/C++ code across MCUs to multi-core CPUs.
• Create tests and validation methods for signal processing modules.
• Co-design hardware-software trade-offs for performance and cost.
• Ensure on-site readiness and performance of Mach radar systems.
• Document software specs and architectures for manufacturing and scalability.
• Plan projects and communicate risks and blockers.

Skills

DSP signal processing

Real-time embedded systems

Algorithm development

Low-level C/C++

Python

MATLAB

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in EE/CS

Tools

C/C++

Embedded processing architectures

SPI

I2C

Job description

Mach Industries in Huntington Beach, CA, is seeking a Senior Embedded DSP Engineer to build high-performance radar signal processing software on embedded platforms. You will work with RF, FPGA, hardware, and GNC teams to prototype, implement, and optimize real-time processing pipelines.

The role emphasizes ownership of the full development lifecycle—from modeling and algorithm prototyping to hardware integration and validation—plus on-site work at our Huntington Beach headquarters in a