
Digital Signal Processing Electrical & Computer Engineer
McLean, VAJob$87–198K/yrSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Job overview
The Digital Signal Processing Electrical & Computer Engineer develops and demonstrates emerging electromagnetic spectrum and electronic warfare capabilities for DoD clients. The role implements digital signal processing for RF sensing, detection, and response systems in a lab environment, with work spanning radio communications and software-defined radios. The engineer helps demonstrate state-of-the-art techniques and guide client understanding of potential technical solutions.
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Full job description
Digital Signal Processing Electrical & Computer Engineer
The Opportunity:
What if you could use your electrical and computer engineering skills to develop next-generation electromagnetic spectrum and electronic warfare capabilities as part of a focused, forward-looking R & D organization? As a Digital Signal Processing ( DSP ) engineer, you understand the power behind complex systems and complex data in the RF and signals domain. That knowledge is key when it comes to designing and implementing digital signal processing for RF sensing, detecting, and responding systems. We're looking for a computer engineer with DSP experience who can use their skills to develop and demonstrate new and novel capabilities to guide the Army toward new technical solutions. Our areas of interest include signal receive and blind demodulation techniques, signal isolation and identification, waveform, complex signal generation, and adaptive techniques.
Our team develops initial implementations of emerging ideas to address Electromagnetic Spectrum Battle Management. That's why we need you, a computer engineer with a solid background in signal processing, to help us implement radio communication capabilities. You'll work in a lab environment to develop functionality for demonstration and delivery to our client. You'll directly impact the future of electromagnetic spectrum and electronic warfare by demonstrating state-of-the-art techniques to guide the client's understanding of what is possible. This is a chance to use your DSP engineering skills and understanding of RF communications while gaining experience with sof tware defined radios ( SDRs ) . Join us and take on exciting challenges in support of our DoD clients as we drive R & D and help define future capabilities.
Join us. The world can't wait.
You Have:
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Experience with wireless communications systems and signal processing theory and application
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Experience with Linux, C, C++, or Rus t
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Experience with Sof tware Defined Radio ( SDR ) toolkits and standards such as GNUradio and Ettus UHD
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Experience with Signal Processing Techniques and RF Theory
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Experience with embedded sof tware development, code optimization, and multi-threading
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Knowledge of DSP and DSP algorithm development
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Ability to travel regionally up to 25% of the time
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Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
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Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering
Nice If You Have:
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Experience with Machine Learning techniques, implementation, and signal classification
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Experience with ARM Microprocessors
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Experience with RF equipment and testbeds, spectrum analyzers, and signal generators
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Experience with signal, waveform, and technique development tools such as MATLAB or LabView
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Experience with Git and the Agile Sof tware Development process
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Experience with FPGAs and VHDL or Verilog
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Top Secret clearance
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information .
Compensation
At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.
Identity Statement
As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy
AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
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Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
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Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
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Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,328 open Electrical Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$87–198K/yr
- Virginia median$104–160K/yr285 salary ranges
- US median$108–170K/yr6,607 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $142K, is 9% above the Virginia median midpoint ($131K) — in the middle half of Electrical Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 363 open Electrical Engineer jobs in Virginia and 10,328 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- Electrical Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (8,613 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 6,972 of the 10,328 open Electrical Engineer jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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