Communications Systems Engineer

Communications Systems Engineer - Contract - Gloucestershire - Competitive Rates

Role Justification Description:

• Our clients programme is expanding and further engineers are required to meet customer demand.
• Applying well-rounded software, hardware and communications engineering skills, you will work upon a variety of research and development challenges to deliver cutting edge Electronic Warfare and Cyber (EW & C) solutions for both customer and the client enterprises.
• Ideally you should be able to work autonomously under the technical lead's general direction and you will be capable of shaping the task order's technical objectives.
• As the EW&C portfolio expands, you will assume a technical leadership role, leading teams to deliver specific work packages.

Your role includes:

• Working with various hardware, software and communications components to develop bespoke hardware, software and communications systems for a diverse client range.
• Apply specific knowledge, combined with ingenuity and creativity to develop technical solutions to complex problems.
• Contribute to the strategy development for the EW & C related systems activities performed within the programme.
• Working with business development teams to propose solutions that will expand the current portfolio of work.
• Representing the organization as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on contracts and projects.
• Interacting with senior external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations.

Required skills, qualifications and experience:

• Problem solving: a methodical problem analysis approach to determine the root cause of issues.
• The ability to learn technologies quickly and to disseminate knowledge to peers.
• A passion for the technologies used within the EW & C domain.
• A desire for professional development, to expand skills, knowledge and experience of the EW & C environment.
• A high-level of integrity and professionalism.

Desired skills, qualifications and experience:

• Experience in developing Digital Signal Processing (DSP) algorithms and architectures (FTT, filter banks, multi-rate processing, image processing).
• Experience of Radio Frequency (RF) communication theory and communication system design.
• Working knowledge of Software Defined Radio (SDR) technologies, including GNURadio or REDHAWK.
• C++, Python or Embedded C.
• Experience in FPGA technologies and languages, e.g. VHDL or Verilog.
• Software and hardware testing using frameworks such as Jenkins.
• Vulnerability research.
• Penetration testing.
• Development or administration of embedded Linux systems.
• Ability to undertake technical assurance.

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