Digital Signal Processing Engineering

Ready for What's Next? Kratos is a leader in assured aerospace communication solutions and services. We are cutting-edge innovators and creative problem solvers working collaboratively to solve our customers toughest challenges. Our culture is fast-paced and innovative. We are a trusted partneridriven by doing the right thing and achieving maximum success for our customers, our partners and ourselves. Kratos has a new opportunity for a Mid to Sr level DSP Engineer to support the development and testing of a signal processing system for the DOD. This position would involve researching, designing, implementing, and testing software-defined signal processing algorithms to characterize and process RF signals for a variety of advanced applications.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Work with other engineers and with customers to perform requirements analysis/design tradeoffs and develop solutions in accordance with system/product architectures.
• Lead in the design, analysis, and development of digital signal processing and communications systems algorithms
• Support software engineering development to translate algorithm prototypes into optimized, production-quality code suitable for operational deployment
• Contribute to the development of design documentation and other documentation artifacts
• Mentor and guide junior engineers
• Help win customer confidence through integrity, technical competency, effective communications, problem solving, and capability demonstrations.
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Must be a self-starter and able to work closely in a fast paced, small engineering team which includes other software engineers, DSP engineers, hardware engineers, systems engineers, and test engineers.
• Must have an active Top-Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain an SCI.
• Education and/or background in digital signal processing and satellite communications specifically in modulation detection and characterization
• Team player and capable of working in a fast-pasted, team environment

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Satellite communications, geolocation, or other RF communications experience
• Familiarity and experience with Linux operating systems
• Familiarity with GNU Radio and Software Defined Radios (SDR)
• Software development experience with languages such as C or C++, or Python, or Cuda
• Familiarity with containerized environments such as Docker
• Experience with common engineering lab and test equipment such as oscilloscopes and spectrum analyzers.\
• Experience with Agile program execution methodologies

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The grade-based pay range for this job is listed below. Individual salaries within that range are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Competitive salary based on experience and education
Salary Range: $100,000-$175,000

Kratos is valued for our ability to design and deliver leading edge, resilient solutions for aerospace communication, control, awareness and mission success across a continuum of offeringsifrom commercial to tailored custom solutions and integrated programs. Customers trust us to stay relevant and know we are in it for the long-haul. We bring both the capability and confidence that our customers value and depend on. And, we always deliver.

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