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DSP/ALGORITHM DESIGN ENGINEER

As a Senior DSP/Algorithm Design Engineer within the ERA RF Technologies engineering team, you will be responsible for digital signal processing blocks of EW, LOS, SATCOM and orbital RF communication systems that involves specification, design, analysis. This position requires a proven technical expertise on communication waveforms, signal conditioning, detection and estimation theory to create solutions for end-to-end datalink and ELINT/SIGINT systems.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a Senior DSP/Algorithm Design Engineer within the ERA RF Technologies engineering team, you will be responsible for digital signal processing blocks of EW, LOS, SATCOM and orbital RF communication systems that involves specification, design, analysis. This position requires a proven technical expertise on communication waveforms, signal conditioning, detection and estimation theory to create solutions for end-to-end datalink and ELINT/SIGINT systems.

Inventiveness, adaptability and continuous learning inclination are highly regarded at ERA RF Technologies. Ideal candidate for this position should be able to design and develop DSP signal chains and algorithms; follow through integration and system performance validation activities; propose solutions to problems that may arise during product development and performance enhancement phases.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Contribute to defining and identifying system-level specifications, assessing architectural limitations, and engineering constraints,
  • Collaborate with system architects, RF engineers, digital design engineers to understand design requirements and ensure seamless integration of subsystems,
  • Characterization and analysis of system architectures,
  • Conceptual design from requirement analysis,
  • Modelling and simulation of DSP signal chains,
  • Performance validation of designed DSP blocks,
  • Optimization of designed algorithms to meet hardware (FPGA/ASIC/Transceiver etc.) limitations,
  • Adaptation of the algorithms into fixed-point and cycle exact designs for HDL implementations,
  • Support digital design engineering team on VHDL coding, implementation and validation phases,
  • Improve existing algorithms based on information and data collected from field operation on integrated platforms,
  • Participate in the requirements analysis phase to determine design feasibility within time, cost, power, and other additional constraints (size, weight, reliability),
  • Recommend enhancements, improvements and innovations to the existing technology and design methodology and propose the development of effective solutions and prototypes, if/when required
Additional Skillsets for Distinction:
  • Experience on Software Defined Radios (SDRs)
  • Experience in defense, avionics or space projects
  • Experience on digital design, hardware description languages and FPGA architectures
  • Familiarity with RF, analog and mixed-signal design and their operational principles
  • Familiarity with high-frequency circuits

QUALIFICATIONS

  • BSEE or MSEE Degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in digital signal processing or communication theory
  • BSEE+10 years or MSEE+8 years of DSP/Algorithm design
  • In-depth understanding of analytical/mathematical modeling of communication links, ELINT/SIGINT subsystems and related technologies
  • In-depth expertise on communication theory & signal processing related algorithms design (such as multiple access methods, frequency and timing recovery, signal estimation and detection, spread spectrum techniques, adaptive gain control, interference detection and cancellation, RF impairment estimation and correction, channel estimation, equalization, coding theory, etc.)
  • Experience with modeling and validation of digital signal processing algorithms in Matlab/Simulink environment
  • Knowledge of RF transceiver architectures and RF-to-Bits comprehension
  • Proficiency in written and spoken English
  • Ability to learn and apply new information quickly on solution proposals
  • Ability to embrace technological changes and resultant agile workflows
  • Ability to adapt to multi-disciplinary projects and cross-functional team structures
  • Conceptual understanding and comprehension of RF, analog and mixed-signal designs

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