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 (ie, 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 (ie, 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.