Digital Signal Processing; DSP Engineer, Government, Early Career

About us

One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.

In this role, you will propose concepts to solve customer problems. You will develop the system along with our customers by bringing to bear technology assets across Viasat Government and our partners. The products and systems to be defined include V-Band Cross-links, V-Band Radar, Special Communications, Wideband Receivers, and Channelizer applications. You will develop the algorithms vital to solve a wide range of DSP challenges.

You will build system solutions from your algorithms by supporting their development from simulations to instantiations on DSP/FPGA/GPU platforms.

We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Engineer to join our dynamic team in Tempe, AZ, to start as soon as possible!

The DSP work can be broken into three major development cycles that you will be responsible for:

• Floating-point simulation (Matlab) - Starting with a customer challenge, you will research, then design, the DSP algorithms required to tackle that challenge,
• Fixed-point modeling (Simulink) - Given the evidence provided from floating-point simulation, you will build a digital logic model that proves how logic blocks can process equivalent math within the constraints of the platform (when applicable).
• Lab implementation support - From the fixed-point modeling, you will generate test vectors that must be matched by team members in the Digital group. You will support the Digital team’s implementation and ultimately own the performance of the DSP algorithm as it is applied to the specific platform.

• This position is site-based. Based employees work 3+ days (60%+) per week from a Viasat office or work location within a standard five‑day work week. While this means employees are mostly and consistently onsite, Viasat embraces a flexible work environment. Relocation assistance is available pending eligibility.
• As an Early Career hire, you will participate in our Graduate Development Program during your first 12 months s program is designed to support your transition from university to the workplace through dedicated mentorship, building relationships with your cohort of new grad hires, technical upskilling, soft skills development and more to ensure you’re set up for success as you begin your professional journey with Viasat.

Requirements:

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience:
  
  This role is intended for someone with 0-3 years of full-time, relevant industry experience.
• Citizenship: U.S. Citizenship required.
• Active DoD Top Secret Clearance or ability to obtain when administratively feasible
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Additional:

• Knowledge of modem, radar, and/or signal processing fundamentals
• Ability to derive module/box requirements from system level requirements
• Ability to perform systems level analysis
• Strong communication skills – both verbal and written
• Must be comfortable developing and presenting briefings

• Up to 3 years applied signal processing experience
• M.S. or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with SSBI/SCI
• Demonstrated experience writing discrete-time simulations in Matlab, Simulink, C/C++, or Python
• Demonstrated experience with architectural definition, design, and integration
• Demonstrated experience in random processes, communication theory, and spectral analysis
• Demonstrated experience in collaborating with customers
• Demonstrated experience with Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP)
• AESA/phased array or EW experience
• Detailed design or hands on hardware test experience
• Digital implementation work on FPGAs (or…