Signal Processing Engineer with Security Clearance

Overview BOOST is helping our growing client add a Signal Processing Engineer to their team. This full-time position can be done remotely with occasional presence expected at their offices located in Arlington, VA and/or Chantilly, VA. You will play a key role in our integrated, multi-disciplinary teams, providing statistical, methodological, and analytical support as well as signal processing expertise. As a Signal Processing Engineer, you will apply methods ranging from basic statistics to state-of-the art signal processing techniques to cutting-edge research to protect people, networks, and devices from cyber threats. While our client''s research is broadly defined, you can anticipate frequent opportunities to gain domain expertise in a cyber or maritime related field during the course of normal duties. This is a research and development role. The ideal candidate is experienced with reading, understanding, and leveraging academic research across multiple domains in order to generate novel concepts and prototypes. Because our client interfaces with operational users and creates practical solutions, the ideal candidate is capable of developing and deploying prototypes that address practical issues inherent in operational scenarios. As a growing company, our client offers many leadership opportunities, including as principal investigators of future projects. Location: Remote work from the greater DC Metro area, with occasional meetings/work presence at offices in Arlington and/or Chantilly. Responsibilities * Work on cutting-edge research and development projects * Work with a large team (8-9 people) for a new program, where you will help the PI to run individual areas of the program * Design and develop prototype software * Receive and incorporate feedback from end users, field tests, and exercises * Explore technical possibilities collaboratively with motivated, world class colleagues * Deliver practical solutions to complex problems Qualifications Required: * Strong programming skills and experience. * Familiarity with Gitlab / Atlassian tool suite or similar CI/CD workflows. * Signal processing background * Experience working on signal processing solutions for maritime systems * Develop and evaluate wireless signal processing techniques through initial simulation * Implement proof of concept solutions on COTS products * Support and develop demonstrations to evaluate performance using real data in both real time processing and captured data environments Preferred: * Advanced degree and or recent publications in signal processing * Experience leading a previous team (of any size) * Formal test procedure writing and implementation * Test execution in both hardware and software environments, and documentation of test results * Experience applying machine learning techniques to signal processing Work Authorization Requirements * Must be a U.S. Citizen with an a ctive Top Secret Clearance We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to persons without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, citizenship status, age, veteran status or disability. EEO m/f/d/v

Created: 2025-10-04