Chaos Industries
Staff RF Signal Processing Engineer
$180K–$230K
Washington, District of Columbia, United States · Staff · 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. citizen.
About the job
Develops DSP algorithms and software that turn radar systems into distributed spectrum-sensing systems to detect, identify, track, classify, and geolocate RF emissions.
What you'll do
- Develop, implement, and refine DSP algorithms for detecting, identifying, and tracking RF signals.
- Integrate and test signal-processing software with RF/SDR hardware and host processing platforms.
- Contribute to modeling, software integration, and field demonstrations of spectrum-sensing technology.
What they ask for
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 5+ years of relevant development experience.
- Experience with RF sensing systems, advanced signal processing, recorded and synthetic I/Q data, and SDRs and associated toolkits.
- Proficiency in Python, C++, or MATLAB; U.S. citizenship; ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance; and ability to work on-site 3–5 days per week in Hawthorne, CA, or Washington, D.C.
Nice to have
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or a related field; current U.S. security clearance.
- Expertise in cyclostationary signal processing, waveform identification, spectrum-sensing classification, tactical algorithms, RFSOC hardware, or agile tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
Pay
$180,000 - $230,000 (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, MATLAB, SDR, JIRA, Confluence, RFSOC
AI focus
Preferred expertise includes machine learning for signal classification.
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