Senior Wireless Communication Systems Engineer

Silvus Technologies•Irvine, CA

3h•$140,000 - $200,000•Onsite

About The Position

Silvus Technologies is seeking a Senior Wireless Communication Systems Engineer who will report to the R&D Director, Communications Systems on the Research & Development (R&D) team. The successful individual in this role participates in all phases of wireless technology projects, including planning, design, implementation, prototyping, verification, and validation. This position is 100% onsite, Monday through Friday, at Silvus Technologies’ Engineering and R&D Office in Irvine, CA, near the vibrant Irvine Spectrum.

Requirements

M.S. or Ph.D. in the field of wireless communications and signal processing.
Minimum 4 years of experience in the design and development of wireless systems.
Previous participation in the complete wireless technology development cycle: from design to field testing.
Extensive knowledge and experience about RF propagation, channel modeling, and all parts of digital communication systems (e.g. RF subsystems, synchronizations, channel estimation, channel coding, etc.)
Extensive knowledge about signal processing algorithms, MIMO, and OFDM.
Expertise in modeling and mitigating RF impairments to signals such as AGC, phase noise, frequency/clock offset, etc.
Experience with fixed point modeling, implementation, and verification.
Expert in MATLAB programming and simulation.
Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.
All employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check.

Nice To Haves

Wireless mobile ad-hoc networking, medium access, and routing algorithms.
Cognitive radio congested and contested spectrum and interference mitigation.
RF sensing, signal detection, and classification, etc.
Technical writing and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

System design and requirement specification.
Algorithmic development, simulation, implementation, and testing.
System performance simulation, bench marking, and testing.
Fixed point modeling and FPGA design and verification support.
Support FPGA and Software development teams for hardware/software implementation and troubleshooting.
Lead a team of multi-disciplinary engineers for product and feature development, as needed.
Responsible for setting, tracking, and driving development schedules and tasks.
Design and participate in lab and field testing and troubleshooting.
Technical material preparation and documentation.
Participate in R&D business development and capture efforts as needed.
Understand current products and technologies and brainstorm with other teams for future enhancements and strategies.
Infrequent travel to support customer interactions or test and demonstration events.
Perform other related duties of which the above is representative.