# Senior Digital Signal Processing Engineer (Space Communications)

Senior DSP Engineer (Space Communications) About Leaf Space Leaf Space is a rapidly growing scale-up company and a leading provider of ground segment as-a-service (GSaaS) solutions. Our innovative and proprietary concept is focused on providing satellite and launch vehicle connectivity as-a-service, enabling clients to efficiently manage their assets and fully exploit data. Our GSaaS solutions have been recognized by the market for their efficiency, security, and effectiveness in supporting different applications, from remote sensing to IoT communications. JOB OVERVIEW The Senior DSP Engineer for Space-Based Mesh Networks will design, implement and optimize advanced signal-processing and communication algorithms for a distributed constellation of satellites. Working closely with senior technical leaders, you will contribute to the development of resilient, high-performance networking technologies for LEO missions. This role blends deep DSP expertise with hands-on FPGA development, space-system constraints, and cross-link communication challenges unique to orbital environments. RESPONSIBILITIES Design and implement DSP algorithms for satellite-to-satellite and satellite-to-ground co

- **Id**: 708479
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/leaf-senior-digital-signal-processing-engineer-space-communications>
- **Role**: Hardware
- **Role family**: Hardware
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Lomazzo, Italy
- **Countries**: IT
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-04T09:21:33Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T14:44:59Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 100
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5090
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: yes

## Company

- **Id**: 695558
- **Name**: Leaf Space
- **Domain**: leaf.space
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/leaf-6>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Teamtailor

### Truth index

- **Grade**: C
- **Score**: 58
- **Open postings**: 10
- **Ghost share**: 0.7
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 52000
- **Max usd**: 96000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 20

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Chisel** — Optional: no
- **MATLAB** — Optional: no
- **NumPy** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **SciPy** — Optional: no
- **SystemVerilog** — Optional: no
- **Verilog** — Optional: no
- **VHDL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 99

## Requirements

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

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Advanced (C1); Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **Italy** — Iso: IT; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-11T04:11:48Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 6
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.224
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 100
- **Expected fill days**: 30
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, ghost, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

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