Senior RF/DSP Engineer — Production‑Quality Signal Discovery

AV; Leesburg (VA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K matching

Paid holidays

Medical coverage

Job summary

AV in Leesburg, VA is seeking a hands-on Senior RF/DSP Engineer to expand RF detection and classification for Counter-UAS products. You will analyze unfamiliar drone signals, characterize waveform features, and implement production DSP in C++ on Linux.

The role emphasizes lab and field validation, designing controlled experiments, and collaboration with RF, FPGA, embedded software, and data-science teams.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Experience developing RF, communications, radar, or related DSP systems.
• Strong DSP and digital-communications fundamentals (sampling, filtering, FFT, modulation).
• Ability to investigate unfamiliar signals using measurements and controlled experiments.
• Experience analyzing real complex-IQ data and debugging DSP algorithms.
• Production-quality C++ in Linux; automated tests and data replay.

Responsibilities

• Analyze wideband complex-IQ recordings from known and unfamiliar RF systems.
• Characterize signal bandwidth, timing, modulation, synchronization, and framing.
• Design controlled experiments to isolate transmitter behavior and reveal structure.
• Develop DSP algorithms for burst detection, synchronization, demodulation, and classification.
• Implement production-grade C++ DSP components in Linux and optimize performance.
• Validate algorithms with synthetic and real RF data; document results.

Skills

RF systems

DSP fundamentals

IQ data analysis

Experimental design

C++ (production)

Automated tests

Linux development

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Git

Job description

AV in Leesburg, VA is seeking a hands-on Senior RF/DSP Engineer to expand RF detection and classification for Counter-UAS products. You will analyze unfamiliar drone signals, characterize waveform features, and implement production DSP in C++ on Linux.

The role emphasizes lab and field validation, designing controlled experiments, and collaboration with RF, FPGA, embedded software, and data-science teams.