Wireless Communication Systems Engineer

About the role

Silvus Technologies, a leading provider of advanced MANET and MIMO communications systems, is seeking a Wireless Communication Systems Engineer to join the R&D team. The successful candidate will participate in all phases of wireless technology projects including planning, design, implementation, prototyping, verification, and validation.

Responsibilities

• System design and requirement specification.
• Algorithmic development, simulation, and characterization.
• System performance simulation, benchmarking, and testing.
• Supporting FPGA and Software development teams through fixed point design, implementation and test.
• Leading a team of multi-disciplinary engineers for product and feature development as needed.
• Setting, tracking, and driving development schedules and tasks.
• Planning and participation in laboratory and field testing and troubleshooting.
• Techical material preparation and documentation.
• Participation in R&D business development and capture efforts as needed.
• Understanding current products and technologies and participation in discussion and planning for future enhancements and strategies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Communications Engineering, Computer Science, or a related engineering field with a minimum of three years of experience in the design and development of wireless communication systems; or a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Communications Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Experience with wireless communication protocols and modem architecture, including PHY, MAC, and higher-layer interactions.
• Working knowledge of RF propagation, channel modeling, and wireless channel characteristics.
• Strong understanding of digital communication and signal processing techniques, including MIMO, OFDM, synchronization, channel estimation, equalization, and related algorithms.
• Understanding of RF impairments and their impact on wireless communication systems, including AGC, phase noise, frequency and clock offset, IQ imbalance, and compensation techniques.
• Proficiency in MATLAB for algorithm development, modeling, simulation, and performance analysis.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.
• Employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check.

Preferred Knowledge Skills and Abilities

• Wireless mobile ad-hoc networking, medium access, and routing algorithms.
• Participation in the complete wireless technology development cycle: from design to field testing.
• Comprehensive expertise in all parts of digital communication systems such as RF subsystems, synchronizations, channel estimation, channel coding, etc.
• Cognitive radio congested and contested spectrum and interference mitigation.
• Experience with fixed point modeling, implementation, and verification.
• RF sensing, signal detection, and classification, etc.
• Technical writing and presentation.

Compensation

$100,000 - $140,000 / annually

Our Commitment to Diversity

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world.