Product Systems Engineer - Unmanned Aircraft Systems

About the role

TrellisWare is a worldwide leader in advanced wireless communications, offering products ranging from small form factor radio products to fully integrated solutions. We are passionate about innovation and collaboration, and we strive to make a positive impact on our careers, our company, and the world.

Responsibilities

• Work with Business Development and Product Management to clearly identify system requirements and features of UAS platforms and applicable TrellisWare products.
• Lead system design/architecture development for UAS systems across Trellisware engineering organization for RF, Waveform, Networking, and Application layers.
• Drive features and interfaces to ease and accelerate integration of TrellisWare products into UAS ecosystems across all phases – installation, configuration, operation, and maintenance.
• Work with UAS partners and vendors to verify high quality integrations that meet performance requirements for platform and end user scenarios.
• Identify implementation risks and issues and work across TrellisWare engineering disciplines, UAS partner engineering, and end customer representatives to minimize project impacts.
• Lead system-level debug efforts to resolve complex issues efficiently.
• Provide hands-on technical support to TrellisWare business team and customers for product trials and demonstrations.
• Stay current on leading communication system and UAS technologies and associated end user use cases.
• Author and present technical reports at customer and industry events showcasing successful UAS customer successes with TrellisWare products.
• Act as a resource/expert for UAS systems and provide mentoring, review, and direction to other engineering staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field of study. Master’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum of 5 years’ industry experience with at least three years of Product Systems Engineering and or Product System level Verification.
• Working Knowledge Of Many Of The Areas Listed Below And Be An Expert In Several Multiple examples of successful project leadership to deliver military or commercial wireless products – Examples: Commercial (GSM, CDMA, LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.), Military (SRW, WNW, MUOS, Link-16, etc.).
• Multiple years of experience with Uncrewed Autonomous Systems - design, integration, and/or test.
• Evidence of leading successful verified integrations is particularly important.
• Project management of HW, SW, Product Test, and Manufacturing disciplines.
• Extensive experience interfacing with customer/business development for requirements definition, training, product demonstration or support.
• RF system design and/or test for wireless systems on UAS including antenna design, antenna placement, Cosite of multiple RF systems, and EMI management.
• Waveform performance verification – particularly in real world field environments.
• Ability to abstract complex, technical concepts and communicate them in a clear, relevant, complete manner to others.
• Ability to work independently, demonstrate initiative and interact with a variety of engineering development teams.
• Demonstrates analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills.
• You are able, and enjoy working independently as well as in a team environment
• Strong collaborative drive and interpersonal skills.
• Strong initiative, proactive work ethic and prioritization skills.
• Effective execution and decision making.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship.

Benefits

At TrellisWare, we offer competitive compensation packages, including a range of $115,000 - $185,000 USD annually for individuals located in the San Diego, CA area. We also provide a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

$115,000 - $185,000 USD annually for individuals located in the San Diego, CA area.

Schedule

Full-time position.