Staff RF Embedded Software Engineer

Impulse Space•Redondo Beach, CA

3d•$170,000 - $210,000•Onsite

About The Position

As a Staff RF Embedded Software Engineer at Impulse, your core responsibility will be to own the design, testing, and delivery of flight RF software systems for space missions anywhere from low earth orbit to mars.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in developing software for wireless systems in critical applications
8+ years writing embedded C/C++ code
Ability to work in the lab with RF equipment including spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and software defined radios
Proficient in testing and troubleshooting complex mixed signal boards
Proficient in testing RF components such as PA’s, PLL’s, LNA’s, and mixers
Strong understanding of the major blocks of RF signal modulation/demodulation

Nice To Haves

Xilinx UltraScale+ board bring up and development experience
Experience implementing baseband software for systems using PSK, GFSK, or APSK
Experience with common RF protocols such as DVB-S2, and CCSDS
Experience writing software or firmware for a space environment (space link budgets, ground station integration, etc.)
Experience with GNU radio flowgraph development and troubleshooting
Experience in a startup or agile development environment

Responsibilities

Work with a cross-disciplinary team to define and implement RF software communications requirements on a mission-by-mission basis, implement RF software architectures, and bring up RF systems
Development of algorithms for RF digital signal processing and calibration
Design and optimization of RF system control algorithms to improve performance and reliability
Work with ground software teams to develop and test satellite to ground data pipelines