Staff DSP Engineer, Space Avionics & Communications

Impulsespace; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach seeks a Staff DSP Engineer to lead the development, implementation, and verification of advanced DSP algorithms for high‑performance space communications.

The ideal candidate has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, 8+ years of DSP experience, and hands‑on fixed‑point hardware work. You will collaborate with FPGA teams to create hardware‑efficient architectures and improve system robustness.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in DSP and digital communications.
• Strong DSP theory with fixed-point hardware experience.
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink for modeling.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize DSP algorithms for advanced communication systems
• Develop symbol timing recovery, carrier recovery, and equalization algorithms
• Fixed-point modeling and quantization analysis for hardware
• Model with MATLAB/Simulink for DSP chains
• Collaborate with FPGA teams to translate algorithms into hardware‑efficient architectures
• Support hardware architectures and resource balancing
• Participate in lab integration and system bring‑up
• Analyze system performance and propose enhancements

Skills

DSP theory

Digital comm principles

Problem-solving

Communication

Leadership

Education

Master's in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Verilog/VHDL

Simulink HDL Coder

HDL Toolbox

MATLAB/Simulink

Job description

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach seeks a Staff DSP Engineer to lead the development, implementation, and verification of advanced DSP algorithms for high‑performance space communications.

The ideal candidate has a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, 8+ years of DSP experience, and hands‑on fixed‑point hardware work. You will collaborate with FPGA teams to create hardware‑efficient architectures and improve system robustness.