Electronic Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Engineer

Listing reference: fuch_000014

Listing status: Online

Apply by: 24 February 2026

Job category: Electrical Engineering

Location: Alberton

Contract: Permanent

Remuneration: Market Related

EE position: No

FUCHS ELECTRONICS, a South African based company, is recognised and globally respected for its innovation and excellence as an electronic ordnance fuze design and manufacturing authority. The Company has achieved ISO9001 certification and is consistently at the forefront of developments in advanced electronic technology for ordnance fuze systems. Fuchs Electronics is a fully owned subsidiary of Reunert group of companies. Reunert Limited is listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and is regarded as one of South Africa's top twenty companies in its sector.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: To design and develop Digital Signal Processing algorithms on 32-bit processors for Radio Frequency proximity sensing. Responsibilities include designing signal processing algorithms, implementing and testing algorithms in simulation software and firmware, and generating comprehensive technical documentation and reports.

• Analyse fuze system requirements and architectural design of electronic sub-systems
• Design and implement digital signal processing algorithms (filtering, FFT, modulation, demodulation, estimation, detection)
• Develop real-time DSP solutions for embedded and high-performance platforms
• Optimize algorithms for speed, memory, and power consumption
• Create simulation models of DSP algorithms in C/C++, Python, or MATLAB
• Implement algorithms/solutions on special purpose DSP hardware and embedded microcontrollers
• Collaborate with hardware engineers on ADC/DAC selection and signal chain design
• Support board debugging and hardware validation
• Analyse signal integrity, noise, and system-level performance
• Create and configure relevant project documents, software and reports
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including RF antenna, hardware, firmware, and systems engineering
• Adhere to coding standards where applicable
• Participate in technical reviews and project meetings
• Qualify solutions to required MIL-standards
• Design and develop appropriate tests in line with subsystem and system verification and qualification
• Work with production engineering and instrumentation to develop appropriate hardware/software test regimes for large-scale production
• Work in/with multi-disciplinary teams
• Research relevant technologies by keeping abreast of developments in signal processing, electronics, fuze, radar and EW domains
• Apply appropriate technologies, including machine learning and AI, to keep products relevant

Qualification: BSc/BEng in Electrical Engineering with undergraduate or postgraduate courses/majors in:

• Radio signals and systems
• Electronics
• Software

Experience: 5 years in:

• Electronic warfare, RADAR systems and implementation of digital signal processing algorithms
• Embedded hardware architecture and peripheral interfacing
• Statistical analysis of data
• Embedded programming (C)
• Modelling and simulation of DSP algorithms using MATLAB or Python

• RF signal processing
• FFT, DFT, spectral analysis
• Sampling theory and quantization
• Noise analysis and SNR optimization
• Proficiency in MATLAB and/or Python
• DSP libraries, DSP processors, and microcontrollers (ARM Cortex-M/A)
• Machine learning for signal processing