About the position
The Signal Processing Engineer plans, implements, modifies, administers and verifies telescope correlator-beamformers and related signal processing systems for the company-Mid telescope. They participate in the engineering processes throughout the engineering lifecycle of the signal processing subsystem, from implementation to operations for the company-Mid telescope. They must also possess an understanding or experience in Systems Engineering, Agile methodologies and DevOps processes. They must demonstrate some proficiency in Python, Git, Test-Driven Development, Test Automation & Continuous Integration. They will be part of the company-Mid Computing and Software team
JOB DESCRIPTION
- Implement and verify company-Mid correlator-beamformers and related signal processing systems.
- Assist in systems engineering and Operations documentation refinement
- Support users, operators, as well as the implementation of releases, system changes and fixes.
- Work with the Correlator Beamformer construction teams
- Work with system/array integration team, supporting correlator integration and testing
- Be an integral member of the company-Mid Computing and Software team, as a senior technical specialist that supports the establishment of company-Mid signal processing and correlator operations
- Establish and maintain a professional relationship with company Digital Signal Processing team.
- Participate in project management and activity management activities
- Attend relevant training/courses to gain experience and improved knowledge.
- Research new technologies, methods or approaches, with the purpose of utilizing them within the organization.
- Participate in innovation and technology development initiatives.
- Acquire further education, mentorship and expertise as necessary
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Key Requirements:
Qualification:
- BTech/ BEng/ MTech/Meng/ PHD in electronic engineering, Digital Signal Processing, Control systems, Computer Science, or such relevant qualifications
Experience:
- BTech coupled with 6 years relevant working experience; or BEng/ MTech coupled with 4 years relevant working experience; or
- MEng coupled with 3 years relevant working experience; or PHD coupled with 1 year relevant working experience in Digital Signal Processing, FPGA design, development and verification, combined with software engineering, preferably in an engineering development project environment.
- Experience with multirate DSP algorithms, including FFTs, FIR and IIR filters, DDS and DDCs and signal processing operational concepts such as data buffering, transposing and reordering
- Experience in parallel, multirate DSP algorithm development and implementation, with experience in accelerating these implementations on FPGAs or general HPC (e.g. CPU/GPU)
- Python, C/C++, MATLAB or Simulink programming and experience in development, testing, deployment, commissioning, release and support of projects
- Specialization or leadership in one or more Required Job Knowledge areas
- Mentoring junior engineers
Knowledge:
- Common radio astronomy instrumentation: spectrometers, correlators, beamformers and pulsar timing machines and transient search machines.
- Multi-rate and parallel implementations of Digital Signal Processing operations such as FFTs, Filters (FIR, IIR), DDS, DDCs. * Memory devices, such as SRAM/QDR, DDR-DRAM or HMC/HBM
- Ethernet FPGA controller implementations.
- Systems Engineering processes.
- Ethernet network technologies and management of switches and routers.
- Linux operating system and standard tools.
- Practical experience configuring instrumentation, integrating and commissioning Digital Signal Processing systems * Willingness to transition between system development and system support and operations
Desired Skills:
- • Linux operating system
- • Teamwork and Collaboration
- • Adaptability
