DSP Engineer
Starshield
Posted on 3/15/2023
INACTIVE
SpaceX

10,001+ employees

Manufactures advanced rockets and spacecrafts for space transportation
Company Overview
SpaceX, under the leadership of Elon Musk, has consistently demonstrated its technical prowess and industry leadership by achieving milestones previously accomplished only by governments, such as returning a spacecraft from low-Earth orbit and attaching a spacecraft to the International Space Station. The company's culture is driven by a clear and ambitious goal to make life multiplanetary, fostering an environment of high performance and continuous learning. With its advanced rocket and spacecraft designs, SpaceX has a competitive edge in the space transportation industry, providing regular cargo resupply missions for NASA and working towards the future of space exploration.
Aerospace
Hardware

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$9.2B

Founded

2002

Headquarters

Hawthorne, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

15%

1 year growth

28%

2 year growth

33%
Locations
West Athens, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
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Expert
Requirements
  • 1+ years of experience DSP engineering and bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or electrical engineering; or 3+ years of DSP engineering experience in lieu of a degree
  • 1+ years of experience in system-level modeling and/or digital signal processing
  • Ability and willingness to obtain a Top Secret clearance
  • Master's degree in electrical engineering with emphasis in communication systems and/or digital signal processing
  • 1+ years professional experience working on RF sensors or related systems
  • Experience modeling RF and channel impairments such as multipath, phase noise, group delay, fading and nonlinear distortion
  • Knowledge of in MATLAB, C/C++, and/or Python
  • Experience with software-defined radios and frameworks, such as GNU Radio
  • Understanding of link budgets and analysis related to RF sensing systems
  • To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here
Responsibilities
  • Drive program-level decisions on sensor firmware and software designs
  • Research novel solutions for large-scale RF sensing systems
  • Design and test algorithms for on-orbit and ground-based sensor data processing
  • Work in close collaboration with FPGA, RF/antenna, and software engineers to design and validate RF sensing systems
  • Perform on-orbit demonstrations and testing