# Senior Digital Signal Processing Engineer

Impulse Space is developing advanced digital signal-processing technologies for resilient terrestrial and spaceborne communications, position/navigation/timing (PNT), RF sensing, and radar systems. We are seeking a proactive Senior Digital Signal Processing Engineer to lead DSP architecture and algorithm development for space and ground applications. You will partner with systems, RF/antenna, ASIC/FPGA, firmware, software, hardware, validation, and mission teams to translate communication and sensing needs into implementable, verifiable systems for demanding operational environments. Responsibilities Lead system-level DSP decisions spanning algorithms, modem architecture, firmware/software, ASIC/FPGA implementation, and RF hardware for communications, PNT, radar, and RF sensing systems. Develop signal-processing solutions for digital beamforming, multi-user/MIMO systems, synchronization, estimation, detection, tracking, interference mitigation, and adaptive communications or sensing. Model and evaluate end-to-end system and link performance using floating- and fixed-point simulations of modem, beamforming, PNT, radar, and sensor-processing chains. Translate algorithms into hard

- **Id**: 4220583
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/impulse-space-senior-digital-signal-processing-engineer>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Redondo Beach, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T04:39:05Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T04:39:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 1
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4429
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Retirement plans, Stock options
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Space Services

## Company

- **Id**: 58617
- **Name**: Impulse Space
- **Domain**: impulsespace.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/impulse-space>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Pinpoint

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 100
- **Open postings**: 7
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 26
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 130000
- **Max**: 280000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 280000

## Technologies

- **Quantization** — Optional: no
- **Bitbucket** — Optional: yes
- **C++** — Optional: yes
- **Confluence** — Optional: yes
- **Git** — Optional: yes
- **Jira** — Optional: yes
- **MATLAB** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 1

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T04:39:05Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 1
- **Expected fill days**: 28
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T05:56:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 280000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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