What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Signal Processing Engineer – On-Board Processing position at HawkEye 360?
Our Processing Team builds advanced DSP and geolocation solutions across embedded platforms and cloud infrastructure. We’re looking for a Senior Signal Processing Engineer to lead the development of on-board signal detection and extraction algorithms and integration with ground-based geolocation pipelines.
As the Senior Signal Processing Engineer – On-Board Processing, your main responsibilities will be:
Essential education and experience:
Base Salary Range: $130,000 - $170,000 annually
HawkEye 360 offers a compensation package that includes a competitive base salary plus annual performance bonus and benefits. We consider many factors when determining salary offers, such as candidate's work experience, education, training & skills, as well as market and business considerations. We are also open to considering candidates with experience and qualifications at a different level than required in a job posting, which may affect the compensation package offered.
Company Overview:
HawkEye 360 is delivering a revolutionary source of global knowledge based on radio frequency (RF) geospatial analytics to those working to make the world a safer place. The company operates a commercial satellite constellation that detects, geolocates, and identifies a broad range of signals & behaviors. We employ cutting edge AI techniques to equip our global customers with high-impact insights needed to make decisions with confidence. HawkEye 360 is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
HawkEye 360 is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
To all recruitment agencies: HawkEye 360 does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, HawkEye 360 employees or any other organization location. HawkEye 360 is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
As the Senior Signal Processing Engineer – On-Board Processing, your main responsibilities will be:
- Design and implement RF signal detection and extraction algorithms for execution on-board satellites, particularly for radar.
- Develop high-performance signal processing software in Python and C to run in embedded or constrained compute environments.
- Contribute to the end-to-end solution—from signal capture on orbit to geolocation and product delivery on the ground.
- Integrate on-board collected data with ground processing systems to enable full geolocation processing (e.g., TDOA/FDOA); contribute directly to the development and optimization of the ground-based signal processing and geolocation algorithms as part of the end-to-end architecture.
- Support integration, test, and validation of algorithms both on the embedded and ground processing fronts.
- Collaborate across payload firmware, FPGA, and software teams
Essential education and experience:
- B.S. or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, or related discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 5 years of experience in digital signal processing for RF applications.
- Proficiency in Python and C , including performance optimization and algorithmic development.
- Experience with signal detection, demodulation, or feature extraction across a range of RF signals
- Familiarity with system-level integration involving firmware, embedded platforms, or ground systems.
- Strong understanding of RF physics, communications systems, and signal measurement methods (e.g. TDOA/FDOA, AoA).
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, team-first mindset.
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or comparable
- Hands-on experience building RF-based applications including communication and/or measurement systems (such as time-of-arrival and frequency-of-arrival)
- Comfortable deploying software into a Docker and/or Kubernetes environment
- Experience developing or porting DSP code to embedded Linux or SoC platforms (Zynq, Ultrascale , ARM etc.).
- Familiarity with FPGA/software integration for DSP or communications workloads.
Base Salary Range: $130,000 - $170,000 annually
HawkEye 360 offers a compensation package that includes a competitive base salary plus annual performance bonus and benefits. We consider many factors when determining salary offers, such as candidate's work experience, education, training & skills, as well as market and business considerations. We are also open to considering candidates with experience and qualifications at a different level than required in a job posting, which may affect the compensation package offered.
Company Overview:
HawkEye 360 is delivering a revolutionary source of global knowledge based on radio frequency (RF) geospatial analytics to those working to make the world a safer place. The company operates a commercial satellite constellation that detects, geolocates, and identifies a broad range of signals & behaviors. We employ cutting edge AI techniques to equip our global customers with high-impact insights needed to make decisions with confidence. HawkEye 360 is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia.
HawkEye 360 is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.
To all recruitment agencies: HawkEye 360 does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, HawkEye 360 employees or any other organization location. HawkEye 360 is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
Salary : $130,000 - $170,000
