Senior Staff DSP Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Centennial, Colorado, USA; on-site role. US citizenship required.

Base salary: $180,000–$230,000 per year, depending on qualifications.

Company

hirify.global develops advanced electronics for space applications.

What you will do

• Define and advance DSP solutions, architectures, methodologies, and engineering practices across complex space programs.
• Develop, prototype, analyze, validate, and implement DSP algorithms in FPGA and/or ASIC hardware.
• Lead system architecture, requirements development, algorithm exploration, trade studies, design reviews, integration, laboratory verification, troubleshooting, and delivery.
• Assess technical risks and opportunities, recommend solutions, and influence critical program and technology decisions.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to DSP engineers and senior technical contributors.
• Communicate complex technical concepts, recommendations, risks, and tradeoffs to engineering teams, customers, program leadership, and senior management.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline and at least 12 years of relevant engineering experience; a master’s degree is preferred.
• Expert knowledge of digital signal processing, including RF communications, synchronization, and high-speed ADC/DAC systems.
• Extensive experience with DSP architecture, algorithm development, hardware implementation, integration, and verification.
• Experience with MATLAB or similar tools, C/C++ bit-true modeling, hardware co-simulation, and FPGA/ASIC implementation using Verilog, VHDL, or comparable HDLs.
• Experience leading technical trade studies, design reviews, architecture decisions, technical risk resolution, and engineering mentorship.
• US citizenship required. Strong written and verbal communication skills are required.

Nice to have

• Experience in image processing, software-defined radio, channelization/reconstruction, array processing, radar, AI engines, advanced RF communications, or high-speed ADC/DAC architectures.
• Active TS security clearance.
• Master’s degree in a relevant technical discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Technical leadership across multiple engineering projects and programs.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Generous 401(k) retirement plan and eligibility for a year-end bonus.
• Paid vacation, sick, bereavement, and FMLA leave.