Performance Engineer - Washington DC, United States - Shift5, Inc.

Description

Shift5 is seeking a RF Engineer to join our growing Research team.

In this role, your primary responsibilities will be designing, prototyping, building, and testing RF collection and transmission systems that will be fielded in both lab and operational environments.

You will study and interact with communication/radar systems on critical operational technology (OT) such as airplanes, drones, ships, trains, and ground vehicles.

An ideal candidate is capable of implementing simple RF front-end systems while also writing software for software-defined radios (SDRs) and signal processing algorithms.

You will play a crucial role in helping Shift5 defend critical national infrastructure, weapons platforms, and logistics.

We specialize in cybersecurity technology for operational systems, data collection, and insights for a wide variety of operational systems.

We are a collaborative, passionate and driven cadre of cyber security experts.

We're a growing company focused on helping our customer's fleets run smarter and safer by capitalizing on mountains of data resting right about the wheels.

Embrace Truth and Integrity:
Base decisions on data, foster open dialogue, and uphold unwavering integrity.
Travel to customer sites on average 15-20% of the time.
Work in a hybrid model, local to Shift5 HQ in Rosslyn, VA.
Evaluate wireless technologies on existing OT platforms from a hardware/RF perspective.
Break down project functional requirements into technical design requirements.

Work with software engineers, hardware engineers, reverse engineers, and vulnerability researchers to collaboratively build comprehensive products and solutions that achieve customer requirements.

Design active and passive wireless systems consisting of one or more SDRs (software-defined radios).
Write software that can implement wireless systems utilizing SDRs as well as to process, decode, and analyze signals.
Design wireless modems, calculate link budgets, perform BER/PER testing.
Antenna design, selection, and testing.
RF component selection - LNAs, filters, transceiver ICs, power amplifiers, cabling, attenuators, etc.
Use test equipment such as signal generators, spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, VNAs.
Effectively communicate technical findings and concepts to internal stakeholders and customers, both verbally and in writing.
BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar field
~2+ years of professional experience in designing, building, and testing wireless communication systems
~2+ years of professional experience in antenna selection/testing
~2+ years of professional experience in RF component selection/testing
~ Understanding of spread-spectrum technologies (DSSS, FHSS, CSS, etc.)
~ General (non-RF) hardware design, selection, and testing
~ Writing C++ and Python code in a Linux development environment
~ Experience working with embedded Linux systems
~ Experience interacting with SDRs from both a hardware and software perspective
~ Using GNU Radio or other software DSP frameworks

Implementing DSP algorithms on an FPGA
Red teaming/reverse engineering proprietary wireless protocols
Competitive salary and stock options in a fast-growing startup
~ Employer-paid medical, dental and vision coverage
~ Health Savings Account with annual employer contributions
~Uncapped paid time off policy
~ Flexible work & remote work policy
~ Tax-deferred public transit benefits with Metro SmartBenefits (DC/MD/VA)

We are committed to building an inclusive culture of belonging that embraces the diversity of our people and represents the communities in which we work and the customers we serve.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, age, marital status, ancestry, projected veteran status, or any other protected group or class.

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