RF Embedded Software Engineer Redondo Beach Department Autonomous Systems Employment Type

RF Embedded Software Engineer

Department: Autonomous Systems

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach

Reporting To: Atta Kashmiri, Lead Software Engineer

Compensation: $120,000 - $180,000 / year

Description

As an RF Embedded Software Engineer , 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.

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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field.
• 3+ years experience in writing software for wireless systems in critical applications.
• Good debugging skills.
• Ability to work in the lab with RF equipment including spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and software defined radios.
• Proficient in writing embedded C/C++ code.
• 2+ years of professional experience with 32bit ARM micro-controllers.
• Some experience with FPGA development in Verilog/VHDL.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience integrating and troubleshooting FPGAs with embedded Linux.
• Experience implementing baseband software for systems using PSK, GFSK, or APSK.
• Experience with common RF protocols like SRS4, DVBS-II, and CCSDS.
• Experience writing software or firmware for a space environment (space link budgets, ground station integration).
• Experience with GNU radio flowgraph development and troubleshooting.
• Familiarity with satellite spectrum licensing laws, agencies, and standards.
• Experience in a startup or agile development environment.
• Strong understanding of the major blocks of RF signal modulation/demodulation.
• Proficient in testing and troubleshooting RF devices.