Senior Signal Processing Engineer - Maritime Sensing

Spear AI, Inc.; Falmouth, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Spear AI, Inc. in the United States seeks a Senior Signal Processing Engineer to design, implement, and field detection, estimation, and array processing algorithms for maritime sensors.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, and data teams and contribute to real-world systems that affect warfighter capabilities. You should have deep signal processing knowledge, strong coding skills in Python and C++, and experience moving algorithms from prototype to deployed hardware, including

Qualifications

• Deep command of signal processing fundamentals: detection/estimation theory, spectral estimation, adaptive filtering, time-frequency analysis, and array processing.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with acoustician and hardware engineers to implement and validate algorithms on real sensors.
• Design and evaluate detection, estimation, and beamforming algorithms for multi-element arrays.
• Translate prototypes into deployed software with constraints on compute, memory, and power.
• Build models and simulations to stress-test algorithms before hardware exists and explain field results.
• Contribute to sensor selection, array geometry decisions, and data collection efforts.

Skills

Signal processing fundamentals

Python

C++

Embedded systems

Detection & estimation theory

Education

PhD in electrical engineering or related field

MS + 5+ years relevant post-degree experience

BS + 10+ years algorithm development

Tools

Python

C/C++

Embedded Linux

Job description

Spear AI, Inc. in the United States seeks a Senior Signal Processing Engineer to design, implement, and field detection, estimation, and array processing algorithms for maritime sensors.

You will collaborate with hardware, software, and data teams and contribute to real-world systems that affect warfighter capabilities. You should have deep signal processing knowledge, strong coding skills in Python and C++, and experience moving algorithms from prototype to deployed hardware, including