Senior Wireless Software Engineer, National Security

Responsibilities

• Own radio-link performance end-to-end: improve range, throughput, latency, robustness, and reliability for command/control and video transport over RF data links
• Integrate and control radios at the system layer: implement software interfaces to configure and manage radios (e.g., via CLI/AT-style commands, SNMP, REST, or vendor SDKs), including link profiles, channel plans, bandwidth, power, and QoS settings
• Build adaptive link behaviors: develop algorithms and policy logic for rate control, channel selection, retransmission/FEC strategy integration, prioritization, and application-aware QoS under interference and mobility
• Enable multi-node topologies: support relay/mesh-like operations, multi-aircraft coordination, and GCS interoperability (bridging, routing, traffic shaping)
• Drive conducted + OTA testing: define KPIs, build test plans, and enhance automated regression for radio performance in congested/contested environments
• Develop tooling for observability: create telemetry pipelines, dashboards, and analysis scripts to interpret radio stats (RSSI/SNR, MCS/rate, PER/FER, retries, latency/jitter, link uptime)
• Debug close to hardware: diagnose issues across RF/antenna integration, embedded Linux networking, drivers, and application behavior using packet captures, protocol traces, and lab equipment
• Collaborate across disciplines: partner with RF, hardware, systems, autonomy, mobile, and flight test teams
• Support mission-focused delivery: incorporate operational feedback from defense users and rapidly iterate on robustness and usability

Requirements

• Strong experience with RF data links and/or industrial radio modems (e.g., Microhard pMDDL-class, MANET radios, COFDM/microwave links)
• Solid understanding of wireless link fundamentals and performance drivers (link budgets, fading, interference, antenna considerations, mobility effects, multipath)
• Experience configuring/tuning radios: channelization, bandwidth, TX power, modulation/coding (MCS), FEC/ARQ, and QoS/traffic prioritization
• Strong embedded/software background in C/C++ (and comfort with Python for automation and analysis)
• Experience with embedded Linux networking: routing/bridging, VLANs, multicast/unicast behavior, traffic shaping (tc/qdisc), UDP/TCP tradeoffs, and video transport considerations
• Familiarity with radio management interfaces (CLI, serial, SNMP, web UI/REST, vendor APIs) and building robust configuration/monitoring layers
• Hands-on debugging with lab + field tools: spectrum analyzer (or RF scanning tools), packet capture (tcpdump/Wireshark), iperf, latency/jitter measurement, and log/telemetry correlation
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: clean architecture, maintainable code, performance-minded design, and disciplined testing
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including RF, hardware, and systems
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20%

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience integrating radios into airborne platforms with constraints around SWaP, thermal, EMI/EMC, and antenna placement
• Experience with contested-spectrum tactics: interference detection/avoidance, channel planning, and operational profiles
• Experience building automated test infrastructure (hardware-in-the-loop, chamber/anechoic/OTA setups, regression suites, result dashboards)
• Familiarity with MIL/DoD interoperability considerations (COMSEC/TRANSEC integration patterns, key loading workflows, or policy-driven configuration)
• Experience developing or supporting Ground Control Station software and user-facing tooling for link status/health visualization

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual base salary range: $170,000-$240,000
• Equity in the form of stock options
• Comprehensive benefits packages including group health insurance, paid vacation time, sick leave, holiday pay, and 401K savings plan
• Relocation assistance may be provided