Staff DSP Engineer – Space Comms & FPGA

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical insurance

Vision & dental coverage

401(k) retirement plan

Job summary

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach is seeking a Staff DSP Engineer to lead high‑performance signal‑processing algorithms for space communication systems. You will drive development, implementation, and verification, with strong DSP theory and hands‑on hardware integration experience.

The role requires advanced fixed‑point optimization, collaboration with FPGA teams, and proven MATLAB/Simulink proficiency to model, simulate, and verify DSP chains.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in DSP and digital communications.
• Strong foundation in DSP theory and digital communications principles.
• Expertise in symbol timing recovery, equalization, carrier recovery, and related DSP components.
• Proficiency with MATLAB and Simulink for algorithm development and modeling.
• Experience with fixed-point DSP and hardware implementation constraints.
• Ability to work effectively with FPGA and digital hardware engineers.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize DSP algorithms for advanced communication systems.
• Develop and refine symbol timing recovery, carrier recovery, and equalization algorithms.
• Perform fixed‑point modeling, quantization analysis, and algorithm optimization for hardware deployment.
• Use MATLAB and Simulink for modeling, simulation, and verification of DSP processing chains.
• Collaborate closely with FPGA design teams to translate algorithms into hardware‑efficient architectures.
• Support development of hardware architectures, including data‑path specification and resource balancing.
• Participate in lab integration, system bring‑up, and debugging of DSP and FPGA subsystems.
• Analyze system performance and propose enhancements for robustness, efficiency, and scalability.

Skills

DSP theory

Digital communications

MATLAB/Simulink

Fixed-point DSP

Hardware integration

FPGA collaboration

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Verilog/VHDL

Simulink HDL Coder

HDL Toolbox

Job description

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach is seeking a Staff DSP Engineer to lead high‑performance signal‑processing algorithms for space communication systems. You will drive development, implementation, and verification, with strong DSP theory and hands‑on hardware integration experience.

The role requires advanced fixed‑point optimization, collaboration with FPGA teams, and proven MATLAB/Simulink proficiency to model, simulate, and verify DSP chains.