Principal/ Sr Principal Software Signal Processing Engineer

Northrop Grumman • Colorado Springs, CO

7d • $103,600 - $193,900 • Onsite

About The Position

Northrop Grumman Space Systems is seeking a Principal Software Signal Processing Engineer level or a Sr Principal Software Signal Processing Engineer level to join our team supporting our DARC program. This position would be based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. This role will work with us on the Deep Space Advanced Capabilities contract developing new radar digital signal processing software in support of identification and tracking of objects in geosynchronous orbit.

Requirements

• Active DoD Secret clearance at the time of application
• Experience with C++, Java, Python and CUDA
• Experience with Linux
• Experience with RF Signal Processing
• Experience with GPU optimization
• Experience with NVIDIA MatX library
• Experience with AI Tooling
• Experience with high side development and processes

Nice To Haves

• Radar knowledge
• Can detail how to process a radar signal to generate a Range Doppler Map
• Can detail the process of using a sparse array to accomplish beamforming
• Can detail the concept of loss budgets and system tradeoffs
• Understanding of application of calibration for a distributed system
• C++ Knowledge
• Knowledge of how to do real time processing
• Knowledge of current c++ standards and knowledge of latest modern c++ techniques is preferred
• CUDA Knowledge
• Need to understand the benefits and constraints of running signal processing code on GPGPUs
• Need to be familiar with cuFFT and/or cuSignal; Matx is preferred, but not expected
• Functional familiarity with Matlab and python
• Self starter
• Able to take minimal direction and go off on their own.
• Learn the system without much instruction.
• Approach every story with the next in mind, looking for defects and optimizations along the way
• Experience with writing Signal Processing Algorithms
• Experience implementing signal processing algorithms is insufficient

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, documents, tests, and debugs applications software, and systems that contain logical and mathematical solutions.
• Conducts multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software.
• Determines computer user needs; analyzes system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques, and controls; prepares operating instructions; designs and develops compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems.
• Demonstrated experience developing and optimizing radar signal processing algorithms and pipelines (DSP), including use of common engineering toolchains such as DSP System Toolbox / Signal Processing Toolbox / Phased Array System toolsets.
• Demonstrated experience with GPGPU acceleration (e.g., CUDA) for performance-critical signal processing and/or analytics workloads.
• Experience using AI-enabled engineering tooling (e.g., an AI coding assistant) to accelerate development tasks such as code explanation, refactoring, and test generation—while maintaining engineer accountability for reviewed code.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance may be available
• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• overtime
• shift differential
• discretionary bonus
• Annual bonuses
• Long Term Incentives (for VP or Director positions)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal