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# Lead Systems Architect, High-Speed Modems

- **Company:** Mount Indie
- **Location:** Tempe, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Computer Engineering, Modems, Firmware, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Python (Programming Language), MATLAB, Verilog, Visual Systems, Application Specific Integrated Circuits, Fpga Hardware, Modeling and Simulation
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9231256/lead-systems-architect-high-speed-modems

## About the Role

The ideal candidate brings deep experience with high-speed modem design, FPGA development, digital signal processing, and system-level architecture. This is a highly visible leadership role without direct reports but requires influencing and coordinating firmware, software, and hardware engineering teams., * Extensive experience with high-speed modem architecture and design

 * Strong FPGA development experience
 * Experience with Verilog
 * Digital Signal Processing (DSP) expertise
 * Systems engineering and architecture experience
 * Experience translating customer requirements into technical solutions
 * Proven technical leadership experience
 * Experience with MATLAB and/or Python modeling and simulation, * Optical communications experience
 * Space or satellite communications experience
 * High-speed ASIC experience
 * Active Top Secret Clearance
 * Experience supporting government or defense customers

## Description

Mount Indie is seeking a senior-level Systems Architect to provide technical leadership for next-generation high-speed modem solutions supporting space-based optical communications. This individual will act as a technical lead across multiple engineering disciplines, driving modem architecture, requirements development, system performance, and customer engagement., * Lead architecture and development of high-speed modem solutions supporting optical communications and spaceflight applications.

 * Translate customer requirements into technical solutions and assess feasibility and performance tradeoffs.
 * Collaborate closely with Optical Systems Engineers and cross-functional engineering teams.
 * Provide technical leadership across firmware, software, FPGA, and modem development efforts.
 * Guide engineering teams on implementation priorities and technical execution.
 * Support customer-facing technical discussions and requirements development activities.
 * Participate in system modeling, simulation, and performance analysis.