Fairwinds Technologies

Engineer

• Design, develop, and optimize DSP algorithms for RF communications signals and waveform processing
• Lead algorithm development from concept through prototype and implementation
• Implement and validate DSP solutions on Xilinx RFSoC, UltraScale+, and Versal platforms
• Collaborate with FPGA engineers on hardware-realizable architectures, fixed-point design, and throughput/latency optimization
• Work with embedded software engineers to integrate real-time DSP pipelines, drivers, DMA, streaming interfaces, buffering, and runtime configuration
• Develop and execute test and verification strategies using lab instrumentation and captured RF datasets
• Characterize performance under CFO/phase noise, multipath, fading, interference/jamming, and nonlinearities
• Develop MATLAB/Simulink and Python simulation and analysis environments
• Correlate simulation results with hardware and field behavior
• Define architecture, conduct design reviews, mentor engineers, and communicate trade-offs
• Produce DSP design descriptions, algorithm specifications, performance reports, ICD inputs, and SBIR deliverables as required
• Support integration, debugging, and field testing across DSP, RF, FPGA, and embedded software domains
• Collaborate with customers and engineering teams on RF Tactical & Naval Military Solutions and strategic border protection applications

Senior DSP Engineer – Remote, Travel