568 - DSP Firmware Engineer

Azure Summit Technology is a mature, growing small business with locations in Melbourne, Florida, and Fairfax, Virginia, that develops and delivers high-performance RF hardware, firmware, and software products, and innovative, practical, multi-function RF systems solutions that address emerging missions of national importance for customers across the Department of Defense.  We are a diverse team of highly qualified RF systems engineers and mission subject matter experts (SMEs) with backgrounds in electrical, mechanical, RF, hardware, software, firmware and systems engineering, working together within a creative, innovative and highly collaborative culture, to deliver cutting edge solutions for our customers.  To do this, we hire people with a passion to succeed.  We look for problem solvers.  People who have unique perspectives and diverse experience. 

Are you in?

Do you work well in a team environment and on your own as an individual contributor?  Do you know how to set the bar high and achieve goals for yourself and bring others along with you?  Do you work hard and play hard?  Do you want to help the company succeed and build your skill set and further your career at the same time?  Azure Summit Technology just might be the place for you.      

What do we do?

Azure Summit Technology provides a wide range of multi-channel software defined radio solutions for applications including surveillance, emitter location, and interference cancellation. Systems can be tailored to meet a variety of requirements for bandwidth, dynamic range, number of channels, and computational resources. Supported platforms range from resource-constrained small UAVs and wearable devices to manned aircraft and submarines. Azure also offers innovative signal processing solutions to challenging problems in the realm of radio frequency spectrum awareness.

What will you do?

Azure Summit Technology is currently seeking an DSP Firmware Engineer. The selected candidate will be part of a dynamic, growing, cross-functional, and geographically distributed team.  This position is located on-site at our facility in Melbourne, Florida, office with occasional travel to Fairfax, Virginia, and other locations as required.  Your future team has worked together to produce the following job description:

The selected candidates will be responsible for algorithm exploration, architecture definition, abstract modeling, and FPGA implementation, verification, and delivery, as applied for research and development of complex SIGINT, EW, radar, communications and other RF mission systems. Duties involve all aspects of FPGA firmware development, including documentation, modeling, implementation, simulation, synthesis, and integration, and test.

Basic Requirements

• US citizenship, due to nature of the work and contract requirement

• BS degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a firmware engineer developing and implementing signal processing algorithms on large, dense, high-speed FPGAs (e.g., Xilinx, Altera) using VHDL or Verilog

Preferred Qualifications

• TS/SCI Clearance

• 7 to 10 years’ experience as a firmware engineer developing and implementing signal processing algorithms on large, dense, high-speed FPGAs (e.g., Xilinx, Altera) using VHDL or Verilog

• Previous experience designing or working with SIGINT, EW, COMINT, geolocation, or DSP systems

• MS degree in computer science, electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent

• Experience in the areas of real-time embedded programming, signal processing, or algorithm development, and/or modeling and simulation, including work in C/C++, Python, or Matlab

• Experience with Linux software development

Azure Summit Technology is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law.  Azure Summit Technology is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.  To request accommodation, contact Julia Bergeman, 571-308-1408, julia.bergeman@azuresummit.com.