Senior Signal Processing Engineer (Sensing Systems)

Location: Must be able to work out of the Carlsbad, California office; able to travel up to 10%. US citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret / SCI security clearance are required.

Salary: $156,000–$246,000 annually. For specific work locations within San Jose, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the New York City metropolitan area, the range is $193,500–$290,500 annually.

Company

hirify.global develops communication and connectivity solutions for consumers, businesses, governments, and military customers worldwide.

What you will do

• Lead the design, development, validation, and maintenance of mixed-fidelity simulation frameworks for sensing systems.
• Define simulation architectures covering sensor elements, signal acquisition, processing pipelines, and hardware/software partitioning.
• Develop signal processing algorithms for detection, estimation, filtering, spectral analysis, and statistical performance characterization.
• Correlate simulation outputs with hardware-in-the-loop, bench, and field-test results, refining models to close fidelity gaps.
• Act as principal investigator and technical lead across algorithm, embedded software, hardware, and systems engineering teams.
• Present simulation methods and performance predictions to customers, support technical reviews, and contribute to proposals and statements of work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field; an MSEE or Ph.D. is preferred.
• 10+ years of experience modeling and simulating sensing or signal processing systems, including ownership of simulation frameworks.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, NumPy, SciPy, PyTorch, or equivalent tools, and with maintainable large-scale simulation codebases.
• Previous principal investigator or technical leadership experience on a U.S. government or defense program, including direct customer interaction.
• US citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret / SCI security clearance are required.
• Must work from the Carlsbad, California office.

Nice to have

• Active TS/SCI clearance and an advanced degree focused on signal processing, sensing systems, or applied electromagnetics.
• Experience with RF, EO/IR, acoustic, or lidar sensors and phenomenological modeling.
• Experience with AFSIM, embedded or real-time DSP on FPGA or embedded CPU platforms, and hardware-in-the-loop infrastructure.
• Familiarity with MBSE, performance budgeting, error allocation, publications, or patents in sensing, signal processing, or simulation.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on communication and sensing challenges supporting government and military programs.
• Inclusive environment focused on positive impact and collaboration.
• Medical, financial, and other benefits, with additional cash or stock incentives potentially available.
• Opportunity to mentor engineers and influence future technology investments and proposals.