Software DSP Engineer - MUOS at Elite Technical Scottsdale, AZ

Software DSP Engineer - MUOS

Our client, a leading federal defense contractor, is seeking a Software DSP Engineer for their MUOS team in Scottsdale, AZ. You will be a member of a cross‑functional team responsible for defining, developing, testing, and sustaining specialized solutions that are used by warfighters worldwide on patrol in hostile environments, whether urban, canyon, mountain, jungle, or Arctic Circle. In addition to maintaining the current live system, you will help add new capabilities, enhancements, and replace end‑of‑life components.

• Define and develop DSP solutions for MUOS.
• Test and sustain specialized software solutions used in operational environments.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to add new capabilities and replace legacy components.

• Must be a US Citizen due to government requirement.
• Must be able to obtain a DoD Secret clearance within a reasonable time from date of hire (active Secret preferred at hiring).
• Requires a Bachelor's degree in STEM field and 5+ years of job‑related experience, or a Master's degree plus 3 years of job‑related experience.
• Agile experience preferred.
• Ability to execute the DSP development process.
• Knowledge of DSP and communications theory:
• Signals and Systems, FFTs, FIR filters, convolution, correlation, etc.
• Communications or modem design and development.
• C/C++ and MATLAB, Num Py, Python, Gnu Radio or X-MIDAS.
• High performance computing:
• High speed (100 G+) networking, switch setup, selecting switch, NIC and transceiver components.
• IP networking, DPDK and MPI.
• Linux system administration and server setup and tuning for DSP.
• USRP hardware.
• Spectrum analyzer measurements.