Principle R&D Engineer

Company: Rpmresearch
Location: Los Angeles
Posted on: March 20, 2023

Job Description:

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. - 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.

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