Senior Staff DSP Engineer

SEAKR Engineering•Centennial, CO

15h•$180,000 - $230,000

About The Position

The Senior Staff DSP Engineer is a senior technical leader responsible for defining and advancing Digital Signal Processing (DSP) solutions across complex programs and technical initiatives. The role provides strategic technical direction, leads resolution of highly complex engineering challenges, and helps establish DSP methodologies, architectures, and best practices across the organization. The engineer applies expert-level DSP knowledge—including RF communications, synchronization, and high-speed ADC and DAC systems—to translate advanced DSP concepts into practical hardware solutions. Responsibilities span algorithm prototyping and analysis, implementation tradeoffs, hardware validation, FPGA and/or ASIC design, architecture evaluation, and technical trade studies. The role provides technical leadership throughout the engineering lifecycle, from system architecture and requirements development through algorithm exploration, design reviews, implementation, integration, laboratory verification, troubleshooting, and delivery. The engineer influences DSP technical direction across multiple projects and programs, identifies technical risks and opportunities, advises engineering and organizational leadership, and mentors DSP engineers and other senior technical contributors. The position requires substantial technical independence and sound judgment, collaboration across teams and disciplines, and the ability to communicate complex technical matters to technical teams, customers, program leadership, and senior management.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
At least 12 years of relevant engineering experience.
Extensive experience in DSP architecture, algorithm development, implementation, integration, and verification.
Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership on complex DSP systems and/or across multiple engineering programs.
Ability to independently resolve highly complex technical challenges and make decisions with significant program or organizational impact.
Experience developing and implementing DSP algorithms in FPGA and/or ASIC hardware.
Demonstrated experience leading technical trade studies, design reviews, architecture decisions, and technical risk resolution.
Experience mentoring senior engineers and providing technical leadership and oversight to engineering teams.
Ability to influence technical decisions across engineering disciplines, programs, and organizational leadership.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with customers and senior leadership.
US citizenship required.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree.
Experience in image processing.
Experience in software defined radio.
Experience in channelization/reconstruction.
Experience in array processing.
Experience in radar.
Experience with AI engines.
Experience with advanced RF communications systems.
Experience with high-speed ADC/DAC architectures.
Active TS security clearance.

Responsibilities

Define and advance DSP solutions across complex programs and technical initiatives.
Provide strategic technical direction and lead resolution of highly complex engineering challenges.
Establish DSP methodologies, architectures, best practices, and consistent engineering practices across the organization.
Prototype and analyze algorithms using MATLAB or similar tools.
Determine precision, dynamic range, performance, and implementation tradeoffs.
Validate algorithms using hardware co-simulation, C/C++ bit-true modeling, or similar techniques.
Implement DSP algorithms in FPGA and/or ASIC hardware using Verilog, VHDL, or comparable hardware description languages.
Evaluate system architectures and conduct complex technical trade studies.
Identify and introduce advanced DSP technologies, methodologies, and design approaches.
Provide technical leadership across system architecture, requirements development, algorithm exploration, trade studies, design reviews, implementation, integration, laboratory verification, troubleshooting, and delivery.
Influence DSP technical direction across multiple projects and programs, aligning engineering solutions with broader technical and business objectives.
Identify significant technical risks and opportunities and recommend solutions to engineering and organizational leadership.
Provide technical guidance on critical program and technology decisions.
Mentor DSP engineers and other senior technical contributors, provide technical oversight, and develop engineering capabilities.
Collaborate with engineering leadership, program teams, customers, and other technical disciplines.
Communicate technical concepts, recommendations, risks, and tradeoffs to technical teams, customers, program leadership, and senior management.