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Show HN: A minimal job board for signal processing engineers

78 points by polalavik 4y ago

I started https://signalprocessingjobs.com/ https://signalprocessingjobs.com/ to organize a couple of side projects I have: - a job board for signal processing engineers - Journal2MATLAB: a blog that turns academic papers into MATLAB code - some work on using cocotb for verifying DSP HDL - and some MATLAB code snippets i keep coming back to Hope others in the community find it useful :)

marketdev 4y ago
Any jobs outside of CA?
- robopsychology 4y ago
  Startup I work for sometimes hires them https://wellfound.com/company/swoop-search-1 https://wellfound.com/company/swoop-search-1
  - someguydave 4y ago
    Rather vague but interesting job description
adamduren 4y ago
Our company LiftAI is currently looking for a Firmware Engineer to join our team. We provide services that help support the elevator industry. One of our offerings is an affordable sensor based solution that is installed on the elevator car top and sends telemetry about trips the elevator makes and other statistics around the trips. Our platform is currently CircuitPython based. Engineers that have DSP experience and are interested can send their resume to adam at liftai dot com and I will provide followup information about the position. We're a fully remote company and open to anyone that can work within the contiguous US timezones.
- xyx0826 4y ago
  Very interesting to hear about CircuitPython being used in the industry. I had thought it’s largely a hobbyist/ prototyping framework much like its upstream MicroPython. Out of curiosity, does your team implement all logics and math in Python, or is it a mix of C/Python? Has the platform posed any memory management challenges?
quickthrower2 4y ago
Signal processing. Sounds so sober after this AI hype. Maybe a good thing to get into!
- antegamisou 4y ago
  No, it's obsolete like all math and ChatGPT is already killing pure mathematicians! DevSecMLPromptOps is where it's at.
- jschveibinz 4y ago
  Textbooks: Oppenheimer and Schaffer, Whalen, Skolnik, a digital filters book and then advanced books on advanced signal processing (array processing, adaptive filters, etc.) Have fun with it!
  - antegamisou 4y ago
    May I add Steven Kay's Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing volumes to your already great textbooks recommendations.
    - Lapsa 4y ago
      thanks. sounds dope
    - stagger87 4y ago
      I don't have the words to describe the fact that between you and the person you replied to, just recommended a masters degree worth of textbooks to some strangers inconspicuous comment. I mean, if someone could read and understand all the textbooks you two listed, they could get a research level radar position.
      - antegamisou 4y ago
        It's safe to assume that this person, along the rest who clicked on the thread may already have an appropriate background, pursuing or have obtained a degree in EE/CS/Math, that will allow them to self study Signal Processing. Or at least are aware there's a lot more to AI than ChatGPT. The math behind ML are of similar difficulty yet when there are thousands of grifters promising your average front-end wevdev AI expertise in N number of videos, no one bats an eye. Unfortunately, the barrier to research level positions is much higher than simply having the capability of going through an arbitrary list of textbooks: a number of publications in large relevant conferences or journals, e.g. ICASSP, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, is what will make you an attractive candidate for them.
ethicalsmacker 4y ago
I thought "minimal job board" was like, minimal UI, simple and clean. I didn't know it meant very few jobs.
- willis936 4y ago
  As someone with a specialty in signal processing: it's a good thing I'm a generalist.
  - defrost 4y ago
    embrace the noise I say . . .
pinkmuffinere 4y ago
I love the idea of very-niche job boards! Right now there are very few jobs on it, which makes it not-so-useful for job hunters. I think you could improve it by adding a bunch more jobs manually. Then when there is an audience I imagine companies will actually be interested in adding some jobs themselves. You're probably already aware this is a two-sided market, and you suffer from the cold start problem. I've bookmarked it and will try to come back :)
- polalavik 4y ago
  Thanks for the feedback and for checking it out!
shoenseiwaso 4y ago
Great signal to noise ratio
cozzyd 4y ago
Expected this to be a PCB
Animats 4y ago
There are far more signal processing jobs than that. Raytheon alone has dozens of signal processing jobs openings.
t312227 4y ago
hello, idk. nice page, but i'm a big fan of "follow the standards" ... * https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fsignalprocessingjobs.com%2F https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fsignalprocess... * https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fsignalprocessingjobs.com%2F&profile=css3svg&usermedium=all&warning=1&vextwarning=&lang=de https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=https%3A%2... imho. try to concentrate on the errors ;) cheersv
- polalavik 4y ago
  thanks :)

78 points by polalavik 4y ago

marketdev 4y ago

Any jobs outside of CA?

robopsychology 4y ago
Startup I work for sometimes hires them https://wellfound.com/company/swoop-search-1 https://wellfound.com/company/swoop-search-1
- someguydave 4y ago
  Rather vague but interesting job description

adamduren 4y ago

Our company LiftAI is currently looking for a Firmware Engineer to join our team. We provide services that help support the elevator industry. One of our offerings is an affordable sensor based solution that is installed on the elevator car top and sends telemetry about trips the elevator makes and other statistics around the trips. Our platform is currently CircuitPython based. Engineers that have DSP experience and are interested can send their resume to adam at liftai dot com and I will provide followup information about the position. We're a fully remote company and open to anyone that can work within the contiguous US timezones.

xyx0826 4y ago
Very interesting to hear about CircuitPython being used in the industry. I had thought it’s largely a hobbyist/ prototyping framework much like its upstream MicroPython. Out of curiosity, does your team implement all logics and math in Python, or is it a mix of C/Python? Has the platform posed any memory management challenges?

quickthrower2 4y ago

Signal processing. Sounds so sober after this AI hype. Maybe a good thing to get into!

antegamisou 4y ago
No, it's obsolete like all math and ChatGPT is already killing pure mathematicians! DevSecMLPromptOps is where it's at.
jschveibinz 4y ago
Textbooks: Oppenheimer and Schaffer, Whalen, Skolnik, a digital filters book and then advanced books on advanced signal processing (array processing, adaptive filters, etc.) Have fun with it!
- antegamisou 4y ago
  May I add Steven Kay's Fundamentals of Statistical Signal Processing volumes to your already great textbooks recommendations.
  - Lapsa 4y ago
    thanks. sounds dope
  - stagger87 4y ago
    I don't have the words to describe the fact that between you and the person you replied to, just recommended a masters degree worth of textbooks to some strangers inconspicuous comment. I mean, if someone could read and understand all the textbooks you two listed, they could get a research level radar position.
    - antegamisou 4y ago
      It's safe to assume that this person, along the rest who clicked on the thread may already have an appropriate background, pursuing or have obtained a degree in EE/CS/Math, that will allow them to self study Signal Processing. Or at least are aware there's a lot more to AI than ChatGPT. The math behind ML are of similar difficulty yet when there are thousands of grifters promising your average front-end wevdev AI expertise in N number of videos, no one bats an eye. Unfortunately, the barrier to research level positions is much higher than simply having the capability of going through an arbitrary list of textbooks: a number of publications in large relevant conferences or journals, e.g. ICASSP, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, is what will make you an attractive candidate for them.

ethicalsmacker 4y ago

I thought "minimal job board" was like, minimal UI, simple and clean. I didn't know it meant very few jobs.

willis936 4y ago
As someone with a specialty in signal processing: it's a good thing I'm a generalist.
- defrost 4y ago
  embrace the noise I say . . .

pinkmuffinere 4y ago

I love the idea of very-niche job boards! Right now there are very few jobs on it, which makes it not-so-useful for job hunters. I think you could improve it by adding a bunch more jobs manually. Then when there is an audience I imagine companies will actually be interested in adding some jobs themselves. You're probably already aware this is a two-sided market, and you suffer from the cold start problem. I've bookmarked it and will try to come back :)

polalavik 4y ago
Thanks for the feedback and for checking it out!

shoenseiwaso 4y ago

Great signal to noise ratio

cozzyd 4y ago

Expected this to be a PCB

Animats 4y ago

There are far more signal processing jobs than that. Raytheon alone has dozens of signal processing jobs openings.

t312227 4y ago

hello, idk. nice page, but i'm a big fan of "follow the standards" ... * https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fsignalprocessingjobs.com%2F https://validator.w3.org/nu/?doc=https%3A%2F%2Fsignalprocess... * https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fsignalprocessingjobs.com%2F&profile=css3svg&usermedium=all&warning=1&vextwarning=&lang=de https://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator/validator?uri=https%3A%2... imho. try to concentrate on the errors ;) cheersv

polalavik 4y ago
thanks :)