Senior Principal Radar DSP Engineer — CUDA/GPU

Northrop Grumman; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 129,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks a Sr. Principal Software Signal Processing Engineer in Colorado Springs, CO to advance radar DSP software for geosynchronous orbit tracking on the DARC contract.

The role emphasizes design, optimization, and collaboration with hardware teams to deliver robust signal-processing pipelines. Candidates must have DoD Secret clearance, expertise in C++, Java, Python, CUDA, Linux, RF signal processing, GPU optimization, and AI tooling.

Qualifications

• 8+ years with a Bachelor's, 6 years with a Master's, or 4 years with a PhD.
• Active DoD Secret clearance required.
• Experience with C++, Java, Python, CUDA and Linux.
• Experience with RF signal processing and GPU optimization.
• Experience with AI tooling in engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs software and systems.
• Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with hardware engineers on DSP data processing systems.
• Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems and creates operating instructions.
• Demonstrated experience developing and optimizing radar signal processing algorithms and pipelines (DSP).
• Demonstrated experience with GPU acceleration (e.g., CUDA) for performance-critical workloads.
• Leverages AI tooling to accelerate development tasks while maintaining accountability.

Skills

C++

Java

Python

CUDA

Linux

RF Signal Processing

GPU Optimization

NVIDIA MatX

AI Tooling

High-side Dev

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science

Master's degree in Science

PhD

Tools

NVIDIA MatX library

Job description

Northrop Grumman Space Systems seeks a Sr. Principal Software Signal Processing Engineer in Colorado Springs, CO to advance radar DSP software for geosynchronous orbit tracking on the DARC contract.

The role emphasizes design, optimization, and collaboration with hardware teams to deliver robust signal-processing pipelines. Candidates must have DoD Secret clearance, expertise in C++, Java, Python, CUDA, Linux, RF signal processing, GPU optimization, and AI tooling.