RF Software Engineer

ABOUT HEAVISIDE INDUSTRIES

Heaviside Industries delivers advanced technological capabilities for the U.S. and allied defense industry. Heaviside’s team brings deep experience engineering and manufacturing defense products, putting advanced tech on the battlefield and into the hands of warfighters. Heaviside gives warfighters multi-domain capabilities with a product portfolio that spans land, air, sea, and space.

These capabilities are critical to protecting our freedom and require urgency. While much of the defense industry is mired in decades-long development cycles, the Heaviside team is architected to deliver world-class, battle-tested products to our customers at speed and scale.

We are looking for builders who want to create step changes in technology for those who protect us all.

If you are a visionary who wants to solve complex problems, save lives, and see your work make a difference in the world, join us at the Heaviside.

ABOUT THE POSITION

We are seeking a talented RF Software Engineer to design and develop software solutions for embedded RF systems. In this role you will develop, implement and test RF and DSP algorithms to help develop ground breaking, high performance products.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Design, develop, and maintain software for RF signal processing on embedded platforms using C/C++
• Write low-level drivers and firmware code for RF synthesizers, attenuators, amplifiers or ADCs
• Develop algorithms for RF signal processing, RF characteristics, fingerprinting and distance estimation and more
• Debug and troubleshoot issues, whether they be in software or hardware, using debuggers, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes or logic analyzers.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

- MSc degree in Electronics Engineering, CS/CE, Telecommunications or a related field. Experience can make up for lack of formal education.
- Excellent programming skills, including proficiency in C or C++
- Excellent debugging and problem analysis skills
- Solid understanding of digital signal processing, sampling, FFT based spectrum analysis, and digital filters.
- Knowledge of RF principles including modulation, noise figures, distortion and cascade analysis
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Prior work on test and measurement instruments, such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers or waveform generators
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Understanding of Rf modulation schemes (QAM, PSK, OFDM, etc.)
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Hands-on experience with SDRs or RF design
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Experience with design and implementation of digital filters
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Experience with programming in assembly
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Experience with version control, issue tracking, CI/CD and other necessary tools

Additional Information:

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here (https://www.pmddtc.state.gov/?id=ddtc\_kb\_article\_page&sys\_id=24d528fddbfc930044f9ff621f961987).

Heaviside is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Heaviside is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, physical disability or any other legally protected status.