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The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University · 1 month ago

RF and Signal Processing Engineer

State College, PA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$123K/yr - $220K/yr

14+ years exp

The Applied Research Laboratory at Penn State University is seeking motivated engineers to join their Command, Control, and Communications Innovations team. The role involves researching, designing, developing, integrating, and testing advanced wireless RF communications systems, collaborating with senior technical staff.

Universities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Create Algorithms and/or software design

Develop C/C++ or equivalent code to interface with developed hardware and associated interfaces (SPI, I2C, etc)

Integration of Software Defined Radio (SDR) hardware/software components as appropriate

Evaluate/develop communication security protocols

Devise, plan, and lead work on extremely complex communications problems that impact the design success of current products or address broad design issues of future products of technologies

Propose and lead new communications initiatives and guide programs of national significance

Present papers, lead symposia and chair committees

Qualification

Software Defined Radio (SDR)C/C++ programmingSignal ProcessingComputer NetworkingCommunications protocolsMATLAB/LabVIEWFPGA developmentWireless/cyber securityEmbedded software/hardwareRF principlesCommunication security protocols

Required

Bachelor's degree in an Engineering or Science discipline or higher plus 14 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience with Computer Networking

Experience with Communications protocols

Experience with OSI stack, UDP/TCP/IP

Familiarity with wireless specifications such as cellular (4G/5G)/WiFi (802.11)