Senior Signal Processing Engineer

Leidos

Senior Signal Processing Engineer at Leidos, responsible for research and development of signal processing systems. Leading technical teams and driving business development initiatives in Electronic Warfare.

Posted 7/31/2026full-timeArlington • California, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $180,000 - $270,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in signal collection, processing, and dissemination systems, with strong capabilities in algorithm development and performance simulation. Proven leadership in technical team management and effective communication of complex results to diverse stakeholders.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Signal Collection SystemsAlgorithm DevelopmentTechnical Team LeadershipMATLABC/C++

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Hard Skills

Signal ProcessingPerformance SimulationDigital FilteringSpectral EstimationDetection TheoryEstimation TheoryLinear AlgebraStochastic ProcessesPythonJava

Soft Skills

Strong Oral CommunicationStrong Written Communication

Tools & Technologies

LinuxMathematicaSimulink

Certifications & Qualifications

Active Secret ClearanceAbility to Obtain TS/SCI Clearance

Industry Keywords

EWSIGINTRadar

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaLinuxPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Research, design, and development of signal collection, processing and dissemination systems
Develop novel and advanced algorithms, performance simulation, and analysis
Serve as Technical Team Lead
Lead or support marketing and business development initiatives: develop technical solutions and new ideas for response to capture efforts
Participate in, and/or lead, lab-based and field testing
Communicate results in briefings and written material to your team, the Customer and management

Requirements

What you’ll need

Must be U.S. Citizen with an active Secret clearance and the ability to obtain a TS/SCI level clearance
Bachelors with 12+ years prior relevant experience, or Masters with 10+ years prior relevant experience
Fluent with tools such as MATLAB, Linux, Mathematica, Python, Simulink
and languages such as C/C++, Java etc.
Working knowledge areas such as digital filtering, spectral estimation, detection and estimation theory, linear algebra and stochastic processes
Demonstrated leadership of small multi-disciplinary technical teams and/or projects
Demonstrated strong oral and written communication
Experience working in EW, SIGINT and/or radar fields as a technical leader

Benefits

Comp & perks

4 or more weeks Paid Time Off
11 paid Holidays
401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting
Flexible Schedules
Discounted Stock Purchase Plans
Technical Upskilling
Education and Training Support
Parental Paid Leave