Wireless Communications Engineer (SDR)

1 week, 4 days ago
Full-time
Senior
Software Development
SkySafe

SkySafe

SkySafe provides advanced drone defense technology and airspace security solutions, including a city-wide sensor network for detecting and analyzing drones. Trusted for drone forensic data analysis, they offer comprehensive drone management technologie...

Aerospace & Defense
11-50
Founded 2015
$45M raised

Description

  • Improve and evolve SkySafe’s SDR-based systems for drone detection and tracking.
  • Develop, optimize, and maintain signal detection, demodulation, and decoding algorithms for wireless protocols.
  • Build software modems from information provided by reverse engineers and translate protocol insights into working components.
  • Optimize existing SDR modem implementations for processing performance and RF sensitivity.
  • Collaborate with reverse engineering, software, and sensors teams to validate and improve field-deployed modem performance.
  • Participate in performance validation, field validation, and integration of modem features into production systems.
  • Support operational requirements, including participation in the on-call operations schedule.
  • Own specific modem components or signal-processing pipelines and drive their design, deployment, and ongoing improvements.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of relevant experience in wireless communications, SDR, or related fields.
  • Strong background in signal processing, communication systems, information theory, and channel coding.
  • Demonstrated ability to implement complex wireless systems, preferably including OFDM and MIMO.
  • Background in SDR modem implementation using C++ and Python.
  • Proficiency with Linux systems.
  • Proficiency in software development practices: Git, testing, automation, observability/metrics, issue tracking, and code reviews.
  • Must be a US Person under US export laws (U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee) or eligible for a U.S. Government export license.
  • Self-motivated and resourceful with strong communication, collaboration, and time-management skills.
  • Nice-to-have: experience with NI (Ettus) SDRs (RF design, FPGA firmware, UHD, RFNoC), familiarity with modern wireless standards (LTE, 5G NR, WiFi, Bluetooth, GNSS), signals analysis/reverse engineering experience, and familiarity with SDR processing offload techniques (FPGA, GPU).

Benefits

  • Competitive salary with a listed range of $145K–$200K plus equity and additional perks.
  • Full health coverage.
  • Unlimited PTO and flexible work hours.
  • Flexible remote-first work (position listed as remote).
  • Supportive, innovative team environment with professional development opportunities.

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