Senior Software Defined Radio; SDR) Engineer

Description

Today, Electronic Warfare (EW) is a growing enterprise — protecting the warfighter and our national security against ever-adapting threats. Our division currently has an exciting opportunity for a
Software Defined Radio (SDR) Engineer
to perform design, development, and hardware/software integration in Arlington, VA for the Electronic Warfare Division.

Our division primarily focuses on research & development and advanced prototyping, transforming state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms into real-time software systems deployed on advanced RF platforms.

The successful candidate will be an individual contributor responsible for designing, developing, and integrating high-performance SDR solutions using
Ettus Research USRP platforms
. This role requires expertise in real-time RF signal processing, low-latency streaming architectures, and software development close to the hardware layer. The ideal candidate is comfortable building production-grade SDR systems from the ground up and optimizing them for demanding operational environments.

• Design, develop, and deploy advanced SDR systems using Ettus Research USRP hardware
• Develop high-performance SDR applications using C++
• Develop high-performance SDR applications using UHD (USRP Hardware Driver)
• Implement and optimize real-time DSP pipelines
• Implement and optimize custom waveform generation
• Implement and optimize modulation/demodulation chains
• Implement and optimize RF streaming architectures
• Implement and optimize high-throughput signal processing systems
• Interface directly with FPGA-based SDR architectures
• Interface directly with high-speed Ethernet transport layers
• Interface directly with RF front ends and synchronization systems
• Develop software for low-latency and real-time RF applications
• Perform RF system integration, testing, calibration, and troubleshooting
• Analyze and optimize spectral performance
• Analyze and optimize timing synchronization
• Analyze and optimize throughput bottlenecks
• Analyze and optimize RF impairments
• Integrate SDR platforms into larger communications, sensing, or EW architectures
• Produce technical documentation, interface definitions, and software architecture artifacts
• Support lab and field testing activities, travel up to 15%

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
• Bachelor’s degree in Related technical discipline
• Must have 8+ years of expereince including strong hands-on experience with Ettus Research USRP platforms (X310/X410, N320/N321, X440, B-Series platforms)
• Strong proficiency in Modern C++
• Strong proficiency in Python
• Strong proficiency in Linux systems programming, including Linux performance optimization
• Strong proficiency in Multithreaded and concurrent software architectures
• Experience deploying systems with Red Hat Linux
• Experience developing with UHD API
• Experience developing with Real-time streaming systems
• Experience developing with High-rate packet processing
• Experience developing with Socket programming
• Experience developing with Low-latency software architectures
• Experience developing with Ettus RF Network On Chip (RFNoC) architecture
• Strong understanding of RF fundamentals
• Strong understanding of Wireless communications systems
• Strong understanding of IQ signal processing
• Strong understanding of Digital modulation techniques
• Strong understanding of Wideband RF architectures
• Strong understanding of Spectrum analysis
• Experience implementing OFDM
• Experience implementing QPSK/QAM
• Experience implementing Channel estimation
• Experience implementing Synchronization algorithms
• Experience implementing FFT/channelization pipelines
• Experience implementing Adaptive filtering
• Experience implementing Signal…