Signal Processing Engineer

Location: Japan

Workplace: remote

Description

Code Metal is seeking a highly capable and motivated Signal Processing Engineer with 5-7 years of experience to join our US-based team. This is a technical, remote position ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of engineering and international collaboration. The ideal candidate will have a solid foundation in digital signal processing theory and practical implementation, as well as experience working closely with software and hardware teams to bring innovative systems to life.

Key Responsibilities

• Interface with customers in Japan who are using MATLAB to describe the algorithms they want to run on digital signal processing (DSP) chips.
• Work with a team in the United States to integrate your work into an automated pipeline.
• Assist customers developing and optimizing real-time DSP systems for deployment on CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, or FPGAs.
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineering teams on system integration and optimization.
• Share the burden of working across multiple time zones by taking some meetings early in the morning or late at night.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of product-level experience with Matlab developing and implementing DSP algorithms.
• Strong understanding of digital signal processing fundamentals, linear systems, probability, and statistical signal analysis.
• Proficiency with tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, Python (NumPy/SciPy), and signal analysis libraries.
• Excellent communication and technical documentation skills in both English and Japanese.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with software-defined radio (SDR), radar systems, communications systems, or biomedical signal processing.
• Experience with FPGA-based implementation of DSP algorithms (VHDL/Verilog/SystemVerilog).
• Familiarity with RF systems, sensors, and data acquisition hardware.
• Knowledge of machine learning techniques applied to signal processing problems.

Benefits

Multiple employment styles are available for this role including freelance, fixed-term employee, and permanent employee.

For fixed-term and permanent employees, Code Metal offers:

• Flexible working hours
• Holidays
• Paid time off

as well as all required social insurances, including:

• Pension
• Health Insurance
• Nursing Care Insurance
• Employment Insurance
• Worker's Accident Compensation Insurance