Senior Wireless System Engineer
SkySafe
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Posted:
June 17, 2022
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Onsite
About the position
SkySafe is seeking wireless engineers to design and implement wireless receiver algorithms for drones and related technologies. The company is a leader in drone airspace management and is committed to protecting against threats while safely integrating commercial drones into the national airspace. The ideal candidate will have experience with communication receiver design and analysis, modern communication systems, and software development practices. This is a team-oriented role that involves identifying system-level optimization opportunities, designing and implementing algorithmic and architectural optimizations, and conducting literature research and prototyping.
Responsibilities
- Identify system-level optimization opportunities for wireless receivers
- Design and implement algorithmic and architectural optimizations in a software defined radio (SDR) platform
- Conduct literature research, prototyping, and document novel receiver algorithms
- Work in a team environment, leveraging version control systems, issue trackers, and messaging tools.
Requirements
- Identify system-level optimization opportunities for wireless receivers
- Design and implement algorithmic and architectural optimizations in a software defined radio (SDR) platform
- Conduct literature research, prototyping, and document novel receiver algorithms
- Work in a team environment, leveraging version control systems, issue trackers, and messaging tools
- MS with 5+ years of experience or PhD with 2+ years of experience specialized in communication receiver design and analysis
- Good understanding of modern communication systems such as TDMA, OFDM, LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.
- Experience with Matlab, Python, and/or C/C++ for algorithm development, modeling, and simulation
- Proficiency with modern software development practices, using tools such as Git, GitHub, continuous integration servers, etc.
- Experience with SIMD vectorization, such as SSE, AVX, and NEON is a plus
- Familiarity with SDR software such as GNU Radio, RFNoC, liquid-dsp, or libhackrf is a plus
- Experience with Ettus Research hardware is a plus
- Experience with the design and evaluation of RF systems including electronic warfare, radar, spectrum sensing, and communications is preferred
- Self guided, displaying a diversity of skills and strong initiative.