Dsp Jobs in San Diego, CA

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with 6+ years of prior related experience, or a graduate degree with 4+ years of prior related experience.
• Ability to obtain an active Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing mixed-signal and high-speed digital hardware using ADCs, DACs, AFEs, FPGA and ASIC interfaces, and high-speed digital data paths, including hardware that supports or implements DSP functions.
• Strong understanding of direct-conversion, modem, communications, and signal-processing architectures, including timing, synchronization, clocking, throughput, and converter interfaces such as JESD204.
• Experience optimizing hardware platforms for DSP algorithms and working at the hardware/software boundary, including partitioning functions across hardware, programmable logic, embedded processing, and software-defined modem implementations.
• Experience with signal integrity, power integrity, low-noise power design, and GHz-class board-level implementation, including point-of-load power supplies for FPGAs, ADCs, DACs, AFEs, and other high-performance devices.
• Familiarity with RF principles as applied to converter-based and high-frequency modem systems.
• Experience with schematic capture, design analysis, laboratory debug, and design verification testing.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary engineering environment.
• Experience with direct RF sampling, integrated AFEs, modern converter-based system architectures, PLLs, synthesizers, jitter-cleaning clocks, clock buffering, and phase-coherent timing systems.
• Experience with SI/PI simulation, PCB layout guidance for high-speed mixed-signal hardware, and performance metrics such as EVM, SNR, SFDR, ENOB, phase noise, I/Q imbalance, and LO leakage.
• Experience with RF and high-frequency modem architecture, DSP integration, partitioning functions between hardware, FPGA or ASIC resources, firmware, and software, and modem implementation as part of a complete communications subsystem.
• Experience supporting high-reliability, military, or aerospace hardware development.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of mixed-signal, high-speed digital, and DSP hardware for receiver, transmitter, direct-conversion, and modem signal chains.
• Perform schematic capture, component selection, derating, worst-case analysis, and hardware documentation.
• Design hardware supporting or implementing DSP functions, including high-speed digital data paths, converter interfaces, synchronization, and throughput-critical processing chains.
• Optimize digital hardware platforms used to execute, accelerate, or interface with DSP algorithms.
• Guide PCB layout and board-level implementation, including stack-up definition, placement, controlled impedance, grounding, isolation, and power distribution.
• Account for signal integrity, power integrity, dynamic range, jitter, phase noise, and noise performance in hardware designs.
• Conduct trade studies, simulations, hardware bring-up, debugging, design verification, and component-level troubleshooting.
• Support architecture selection, clocking strategy, hardware/software partitioning, and product performance through integration, test, manufacturing, and production.
• Collaborate with FPGA, ASIC, RF, DSP, software, systems, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering teams.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to junior engineers.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k) match
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Education assistance
• Parental leave
• Paid time off
• Company-paid holidays