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

· 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.

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 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.

LOCATION

Los Angeles, CA

Compensation Range: $180k - 250k