Rotational Program Development Engineer

VIAVI Solutions•Wichita, KS

About The Position

Kick-start your professional adventure in our R&D Excellence Centers by joining multiple expert teams in an international rotation program. During this 2 year program you will be able to develop your skills at the forefront of leading edge technology, while also earning a competitive salary and complete benefits and that’s just the beginning! Once you complete this exciting program, you will continue your career within VIAVI collaborating with and contributing to your designated team. You will directly contribute to our solutions which are effectively used in a high variety of industries as we enable our customers to adapt and thrive by transforming complexity through visibility and actionable insight. VIAVI Engineers work with teammates to solve problems and build innovative software and hardware solutions that help our customers design, deploy and optimize all types of networks which enable their customers cell phone data and voice services for 5G, 4G and all types of wireless networks, enable cable systems and services, enable high speed data centers to operate, enable aircraft to fly safely, and enable your local government, police, fire departments, and military to operate radio communication. In addition, VIAVI Engineers build modern software systems to ensure that all forms of information communication provide high level of service to customers.

Requirements

BS or MS from an accredited university in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics or an equivalent technical discipline.
Working knowledge of C or C++, and comfort in a Linux environment.
Coursework, project or research experience in at least two of: signals and systems / DSP; RF, microwave or communication theory; digital logic design and HDL; embedded or real-time systems.
Scripting and modelling ability in Python or MATLAB.
Engineering experience outside the classroom — internship, co-op, research, hackathon, competition team or a serious personal project.
Ability to work in a collaborative Agile team, to adapt quickly to shifting priorities, and to take a temporary assignment at another VIAVI location

Nice To Haves

VHDL or Verilog beyond coursework, on any board · hands-on SDR — RTL-SDR, HackRF, USRP, PlutoSDR, GNU Radio
Amateur radio, antenna building or RF lab time
DSP detection, classification or estimation project
Embedded Linux, drivers, DMA, high-rate data movement
Component-based frameworks — SCA, REDHAWK, CORBA, ROS
Version control, code review and CI as habits
Radar, avionics, aerospace or spectrum monitoring exposure
Satellite, robotics or motorsport teams where the system had to work on a deadline

Responsibilities

Modern C++ on Linux inside an SCA 4.1 core framework: waveform components and their ports, device abstractions, control and status APIs, and the network path that drives a T/Rx from a phone, tablet or PC — under real-time constraints, at high IQ rates.
Advanced VHDL on the digital chain: up- and down conversion, decimation and interpolation, FIR and CIC filtering, channelization, streaming interfaces, converter links, and full-bandwidth record and playback. You learn budget logic, DSP slices, bandwidth and latency.
The 1 MHz – 18 GHz path: LO and synthesizer planning, spurious and harmonic analysis, gain / noise figure / IP3 cascades, filtering and isolation, transmit linearity, receiver sensitivity and dynamic range, calibration, and the thermal realities of an all-weather ruggedized box.
IQ recording and playback, parametric signal synthesis, detection, classification and parameter estimation, wideband spectrum sensing. You prototype an algorithm, prove it against captured data, take it to fixed point, and hand it to the FPGA and software teams — closing the loop on the other three.