Senior Software Engineer: Digital Signal Processing

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is a leading scientific and technology research organisation that research, develops, localises and diffuses technologies to accelerate socio-economic prosperity in South Africa. The organisation's work contributes to industrial development and supports a capable state. The CSIR has a vacancy for a Senior Software Engineer: Digital Signal Processing (DSP) in the

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is a leading scientific and technology research organisation that researches, develops, localises and diffuses technologies to accelerate socio-economic prosperity in South Africa. The organisation's work contributes to industrial development and supports a capable state.

Senior Software Engineer: Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
About The Job
The CSIR has a vacancy for a
Senior Software Engineer
in the Radar and Electronic Warfare Impact Area within the Defence and Security Cluster. The incumbent will be responsible to design and develop software applications, tools, modules, libraries and sub-systems for use in the Integrated Radar Software Solutions Research Group. This role will play a vital part in high-impact projects from advanced land and naval surveillance radar sensors to SAR sensing systems in UAV, and spaceborne platforms. This position is based in Pretoria and will report to the Research Group Leader.

For more information about the Impact Area and Cluster, please visit and respectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop cutting edge real-time software;
• Push the boundaries of current technology in processing throughput;
• Be part of a team developing breakthrough radar technology in South Africa, set for deployment in the global defence market;
• Develop high-performance systems that challenge the limits of radar and system design;
• Engineer groundbreaking solutions at the heart of next-generation radar systems.

Qualifications, Skills And Experience

• A Bachelor of Engineering degree in electronic or computer engineering with at least five years' experience; OR
• A Master's degree in electronic or computer engineering with at least three years' experience;

• Experience in the following is required:

• Digital Signal Processing;

• C++ (preferably, otherwise C or C#), and Python;
• Data structures, algorithms, concurrency, and code optimization;
• GIT Version Control and CI/CD tools;
• Linux development environments;

• Understanding of how networks work.

• Experience in the following will be advantageous;

• Modern C++ standards and libraries;

• Object-oriented programming;
• GPGPU programming (CUDA);
• Control system development;
• Data acquisition;
• Radar, Communications or Electronic Warfare signal processing
• UI/UX development (e.g. in Qt);
• Embedded systems;
• Production software environments;

• End-to-end lifecycle of software development.

• High ownership and autonomy across the end-to-end lifecycle of software development.

• Ability to quickly understand and navigate complex systems and established code bases.

What's in it for you?
The CSIR Offers

• Flexible hybrid work arrangement;
• Learning and development opportunities.
• Competitive and market-related remuneration packages.
• Total guaranteed salary packages which encompass contributions to the pension fund, risk insurance and medical scheme.
• We openly acknowledge and reward our employees' contributions and accomplishments through our esteemed CSIR Excellence Awards.

South African citizenship and security clearance are required for this position
PLEASE NOTE THAT FEEDBACK WILL BE GIVEN TO SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES ONLY.
For more info, please contact the CSIR Recruitment Centre on

or email us at

The CSIR is an equal opportunity employer. As such, it is committed to the employment Equity Act and will through the filling of this vacancy, give preference to candidates from designated groups in terms of the Employment Equity Act. By applying for this position at the CSIR, the applicant understands, and agrees that the CSIR may solicit a credit and criminal report from registered credit bureau and/or South African Police Services (in relation to positions that requires trust and honesty and/or entail the handling of cash or finances), and may also verify the applicant¿s educational qualification and employment history.
The CSIR reserves the right to remove the advertisement at any time before the stated closing date and it further reserves the right not to appoint if a suitable candidate is not identified.**