C++ Software Engineer w / radio frequency and signal processing

Job Description

NO SPOSORSHIP

Sr. C++ Software Systems Engineer - radio frequency and signal processing

SALARY : $165k - $205k plus 20% bonus

LOCATION : EVERETT, WA 98204 - Must live within one hour drive to come into the office a couple times a month

Strong radio frequency and signal processing background. You will develop radio frequency. CC++ extensive digital signal processing (DSP) and math background radio frequency (RF) windows networking and socket programming embedded software

Solutions to ensure the efficient use of frequencies, long distance communications, monitoring and security communications intelligence applications, we improve communications and protect military forces and infrastructure around the world.

This person will apply their strong radio frequency and signal processing background, and software development skills to meeting signal detection, identification, processing, geolocation and analysis challenges facing spectrum regulators, intelligence organizations and defense agencies around the globe.

Perform QA testing and analysis of new hardware and software performance up to the system level. Develop automated QA test software and systems.

Required Experience

US Person or Permanent Resident

Extensive experience in design, implementation and testing of complex realtime multithreaded software applications

Extensive C / C++ software development experience (6+ years)

Extensive Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and math background

Radio Frequency (RF) theory and practice (propagation, antennas, receivers, signals, systems, etc.)

RF Signals expertise, including signal modulation, demodulation, decoding and signal analysis techniques and tools

Programming for Windows operating systems

Networking and socket level programming

Databases and database programming

Ability to quickly learn and support a large existing C++ code base

System QA testing, including developing and executing test plans and writing automated QA test programs

Excellent communications skills

Ability to write technical product documentation

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

SIGINT / COMINT / EW experience

RF Direction Finding and Geolocation concepts, including AOA and TDOA

Mapping concepts, standards, and programming

Audio signal processing including analog and digital demodulation

Drone signals and protocols (uplink and downlink including video)

Experience operating commercial drones

Full Motion Video (FMV) systems, including STANAG 4609, KLV Metadata, MPEG-2 Transport Stream, H.264 / 265 encoding

Programming expertise :

Highly proficient in C / C++

Multithreaded realtime processing

Programming with Qt

Programming in Python

Embedded programming

Realtime hardware control and data acquisition

High performance graphics

GUI design and programming

Networking and socket level programming

Databases and database programming (incl. SQL)

XML and XML programming

JSON and JSON programming

API programming (developing and using)

Software licensing

AI concepts and programming

Tools :

RF Measurement equipment (VSA / spectrum analyzers, signal generators, and other electronic test equipment)

Windows OS, including desktop, server and embedded variants

Microsoft Visual Studio and TFS

Qt

Python

Intel IPP

InstallShield

Postgres and Microsoft databases packages

Experience with Visual Basic, MFC, C#, WPF / XAML and other Windows development tools / API’s

Linux OS

6+ years relevant work experience

MSEE (or BSEE with extended relevant work experience) with emphasis on RF communication systems, Digital Signal Processing, and software