Principle R&D Engineer

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.

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

·. or . in a relevant technology field (., wireless communications, signal processing, statistics, optimization, networking, RF design, .

·10 years of experience in the design and development of wireless systems.

·5 years of experience in technical project leadership (., principal investigator).

·Participation in the complete technology development cycle: design to field testing.

Areas of skill(familiarity required, expertise desirable):

·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 . person or . Citizen due to clients under . 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.

LOCATION

Los Angeles, CA

Compensation Range: $180k - 250k