Principle R&D Engineer

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

1. Technical management of R&D projects and programs to include:
2. Responsibility for overall system design and requirement specification.
3. Setting and tracking development schedules and tasks.
4. Overseeing paper design, simulation, software, FPGA, and testing efforts.
5. Customer-facing engagement and technical material preparation where needed.
6. Reporting to management as required for strategic planning and assessment.
7. Participate in R&D business development and capture efforts to include:
8. Whitepaper and proposal preparation.
9. Understand current technology and pitch future enhancements and strategies.
10. Communicate (telephone/email/in-person) engagement with government and industry.
11. Work collaboratively within the senior R&D team on the following:
12. Executing larger, team-wide projects.
13. Setting a comprehensive team-wide technology portfolio and pipeline.
14. As necessary, perform other related duties of which the above are representative.

Supervisory Responsibilities

When necessary, supervise a team of junior or senior engineers involved in a given project or R&D program for which the Principal Engineer is responsible.

Qualifications and Experience

1. M.S. or Ph.D. in a relevant technology field (i.e., wireless communications, signal processing, statistics, optimization, networking, RF design, etc.).
2. 10 years of experience in the design and development of wireless systems.
3. 5 years of experience in technical project leadership (i.e., principal investigator).
4. Participation in the complete technology development cycle: design to field testing.

Areas of Skill

1. Simulation and prototyping software: C/C++, MATLAB, Python, etc.
2. Wireless ad-hoc mesh networking, medium access, and routing algorithms.
3. Signal processing algorithms, MIMO, OFDM, beam-nulling, etc.
4. Cognitive radio congested and contested spectrum, interference mitigation.
5. RF sensing, signal detection, and classification, etc.
6. 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.

Travel Requirements

Infrequent travel to support customer interactions or test and demonstration events.