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# DSP Communications Engineer

- **Company:** CACI International Inc.
- **Location:** Colorado Springs, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $82,100.0 - $172,400.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Computer Programming, Data Transmissions, Firmware, Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Signal Processing, Modeling and Simulation, Software Defined Radio
- **Published:** September 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.techcareers.com/job.asp?id=3373897209&tx=KK2323FFP&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

Required:

 * 5+ years of related work experience with at least a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent), with an emphasis in communications systems, coding, and digital signal processing.
 * Familiar with digital signal processing (DSP) for things such as filter design and link-level simulation.
 * Deep understanding of modern communication systems, including digital communications, source and channel coding, detection, equalization, timing and carrier recovery, and common forms of feedforward estimation.
 * Experience with communications and signal processing algorithm and channel modeling and simulation in Python or Matlab.
 * Basic knowledge of C/C++ programming with a willingness to become proficient if hired.
 * All candidates must be U.S. citizens with the ability to obtain a security clearance.

Desired:

 * Current TS/SCI security clearance.
 * Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or related field with an emphasis in communications systems and signal processing.
 * Familiar with satellite RF communications systems, telemetry, tracking, and control (TT&C) standards, including universal S-band (USB), Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS), and the Space Ground Link System (SGLS).
 * Conversant in satellite air interface standards, such as the various DVB and CCSDS specifications.
 * Conversant in methods and techniques for carrier and symbol acquisition, including phase locked loops (PLLs), open loop maximum likelihood (ML) estimation, and other common estimation techniques.
 * Familiarity with Python, including the MATLAB-like features of Python is a plus.

## Description

CACI is seeking experienced DSP Communications Engineers who are passionate about working closely with customers to solve difficult mission-critical challenges. This position entails the design and implementation of RF signal processing, communications modems and related algorithms, in a software-defined radio environment for ground-based software implementations and space-based embedded systems., * Contribute to the design of modulators, demodulators and synchronization algorithms for RF communication waveforms

 * Implement modern forms of channel coding, including trellis coded modulation and decoding, low density parity check coding (LDPC) and turbo coding.
 * Design and implement new RF signal processing capabilities and waveforms for advanced applications including signal monitoring, detection, and parameter estimation
 * Model algorithms and waveforms in Python and/or Matlab, and deploy them in a C/C++ environment.
 * Present research, models and test results to non-technical audiences in a clear, concise form.
 * Work closely with software, firmware, and hardware team members to deploy functional implementations on CACI's software-defined radio platforms.


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