Guardian RF Verified
["Defense & Space","Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing","Wireless"]
RF and DSP Engineer
Washington, DCOnsiteFull Time$105,000–$130,000 /yrPosted 1 month agoHidden Gem · YC Startup
Required skills
- DSP
- RF
- drone detection
- VNA
- spectrum analyzer
- Python
- C/C++
- signals and systems
- electromagnetics
- microwave engineering
Nice to have
- MATLAB
- SDR
- HackRF
- USRP
- GNU Radio
- drone experience
Role summary
Guardian RF, a YC company, is seeking an RF and DSP Engineer to develop passive RF drone detection and attribution technology. The role involves building and tuning DSP algorithms, configuring RF hardware, and performing link budget analyses. The ideal candidate will have a degree in electrical engineering with coursework in signals and systems, DSP, communications, electromagnetics, or microwave engineering, and experience with VNAs, spectrum analyzers, and programming in Python and/or C/C++. This is an opportunity to take ownership on a small engineering team and contribute to a critical technology for utilities, ports, law enforcement, universities, and airports.
Guardian RF is a YC company building passive RF drone detection and attribution. Our sensors listen for drone control and video links, detect and classify them on the node, and stream detections to DroneView, our cloud platform for alerts and detecting drone activity. Our sensors run at utilities, ports, law enforcement agencies, universities and airports. Guardian RF is deployed across installations with the DoW. We are hiring a RF engineer.
**What you will work on**
\- Build and tune DSP detection and classification for drone RF links, improve track quality, and validate results against recorded field data.
\- Configure antennas, filtering, LNAs and amplifiers for individual deployments, including filtered frontends that improve track fidelity at noisy urban sites.
\- Develop link budgets and cascade analyses, measure hardware with VNAs and spectrum analyzers, and validate performance with real drones at deployment sites.
**What we are looking for**
\- A college senior or recent graduate in electrical engineering or a related field, with coursework in signals and systems, DSP, communications, electromagnetics or microwave engineering.
\- Experience using a VNA, spectrum analyzer or SDR in a lab or internship.
\- Programming experience in Python and/or C/C++. MATLAB experience is also welcome.
\- Someone who learns by building and testing and wants ownership on a small engineering team.
\- Helpful extras include an RF internship, a ham license, SDR projects using HackRF, USRP or GNU Radio, drone experience, antenna or PCB design, or the ability to obtain a US security clearance.
**What you will work on**
\- Build and tune DSP detection and classification for drone RF links, improve track quality, and validate results against recorded field data.
\- Configure antennas, filtering, LNAs and amplifiers for individual deployments, including filtered frontends that improve track fidelity at noisy urban sites.
\- Develop link budgets and cascade analyses, measure hardware with VNAs and spectrum analyzers, and validate performance with real drones at deployment sites.
**What we are looking for**
\- A college senior or recent graduate in electrical engineering or a related field, with coursework in signals and systems, DSP, communications, electromagnetics or microwave engineering.
\- Experience using a VNA, spectrum analyzer or SDR in a lab or internship.
\- Programming experience in Python and/or C/C++. MATLAB experience is also welcome.
\- Someone who learns by building and testing and wants ownership on a small engineering team.
\- Helpful extras include an RF internship, a ham license, SDR projects using HackRF, USRP or GNU Radio, drone experience, antenna or PCB design, or the ability to obtain a US security clearance.
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