CareerPlan

Digital Signal Processing Engineer

TST Main Office (13865 Sunrise Valley Dr) - Herndon, VAFull-time$118k–$177k2026-11-03 → 2026-11-10
On-siteSecurity clearance required

Core

Design, implement, and optimize digital signal processing algorithms for real-world wireless systems to reverse engineer, analyze, and secure complex communication technologies.

Role type

Senior IC Digital Signal Processing Engineer

Builds

Mission-focused RF applications, SDR building blocks, and advanced wireless algorithms

Domain

National Security / Wireless Communications / Digital Signal Processing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Software Defined Radio (SDR), RF system design, Modulation/Demodulation, Waveform processing, C/C++/Embedded C/Python, Git workflows, SDR hardware (USRP, BladeRF, PlutoSDR)

Preferred skills

End-to-end wireless system architecture, Advanced degree in EE, GNU Radio/Vivado/ModelSim, DSP provider SDKs (TI, AD, ST)

Technologies

GNU Radio, Radio Hacker, GQRX, Vivado, ModelSim, Ettus USRP, BladeRF, PlutoSDR, C, C++, Embedded C, Python

Responsibilities

Design and optimize DSP algorithms for wireless systems; Perform signal detection, identification, classification, and decoding; Develop receiver, transmitter, and modem architectures; Develop prototypes using SDR hardware and RF test equipment; Contribute to centralized software design patterns and infrastructure.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC