Chaos Industries
Senior RF Signal Processing Engineer
$180K–$230K
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of relevant development experience.
- Education
- B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- U.S. citizenship required.
About the job
Develops software and signal-processing algorithms that transform radar into a distributed spectrum-sensing system for detecting, identifying, tracking, and geolocating RF emissions.
What you'll do
- Develop and refine DSP algorithms for RF signal detection, identification, and tracking.
- Integrate and test signal-processing software with RF/SDR hardware and host platforms.
- Contribute to algorithm development, modeling, software integration, and field demonstrations.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- Experience with RF sensing systems and advanced signal processing, including recorded and synthetic I/Q data.
- Strong signal-processing theory and practical skills, including techniques such as FFT analysis, matched filtering, or cyclostationary analysis.
- Proficiency in Python, C++, or MATLAB; experience with SDRs and related toolkits. Also requires U.S. citizenship, ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance, and on-site work 3–5 days per week in Hawthorne, CA or Washington, D.C.
Nice to have
- M.S. in a related field or current U.S. security clearance.
- Expertise in cyclostationary processing, waveform identification, spectrum classification, RFSOC implementation, or JIRA and Confluence.
Pay
$180,000 - $230,000 USD base salary
Tools
Python, C++, MATLAB, SDR, JIRA, Confluence, RFSOC
AI focus
Preferred experience includes machine learning for signal classification.
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