Principle R&D Engineer
$180k - $250kFull-time
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LOS ANGELES / HYBRID
The Company This is a rapidly growing high-tech entrepreneurial company in the heart of West Los Angeles. The Principal Research and Development (R&D) Engineer oversees and participates in the capture, planning, design, prototyping, and verification of wireless technology projects. Duties and Responsibilities- Technical management of R&D projects and programs to include:
- Responsibility for overall system design and requirement specification.
- Setting and tracking development schedules and tasks.
- Overseeing paper design, simulation, software, FPGA, and testing efforts.
- Customer-facing engagement and technical material preparation where needed.
- Reporting to management as required for strategic planning and assessment.
- Participate in R&D business development and capture efforts to include:
- Whitepaper and proposal preparation.
- Understand current technology and pitch future enhancements and strategies.
- Communicate (telephone/email/in-person) engagement with government and industry.
- Work collaboratively within the senior R&D team on the following:
- Executing larger, team-wide projects.
- Setting a comprehensive team-wide technology portfolio and pipeline.
- As necessary, perform other related duties of which the above are representative.
- M.S. or Ph.D. in a relevant technology field (i.e., wireless communications, signal processing, statistics, optimization, networking, RF design, etc.).
- 10 years of experience in the design and development of wireless systems.
- 5 years of experience in technical project leadership (i.e., principal investigator).
- Participation in the complete technology development cycle: design to field testing.
- Simulation and prototyping software: C/C++, MATLAB, Python, etc.
- RF propagation, channel modeling, digital communication.
- Wireless ad-hoc mesh networking, medium access, and routing algorithms.
- Signal processing algorithms, MIMO, OFDM, beam-nulling, etc.
- Cognitive radio congested and contested spectrum, interference mitigation.
- RF sensing, signal detection, and classification, etc.
- Technical writing, proposal preparation, and technical presentation.
- Must be a U.S. person or U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.
- Employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check.
LOCATION
Los Angeles, CA Compensation Range: $180k - 250kVacancy posted 1 day ago
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