Summary
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A senior engineering role focused on designing and developing advanced RF sensing capabilities. The position involves architecture design, signal processing pipelines, hardware integration, signal classification, and geolocation techniques for sophisticated sensing systems.
Highlights
Opportunity to develop advanced sensing technologies, work on complex RF systems, and contribute to innovative engineering solutions in a high-tech environment.
Description
* Please note that visa sponsorship is not available for this position.
We are supporting our client in the unmanned aerial systems industry in their search for a RF & Signal Processing Engineer.
Mission
As a Senior RF & Signal Processing Engineer, you will develop end-to-end RF sensing capabilities, from antennas and raw IQ data to signal detection, classification and geolocation.
Key Responsibilities
Define RF sensing architectures covering sensitivity, bandwidth, timing, dynamic range, storage and SWaP-C.Select and integrate antennas, RF components, SDRs, receivers, timing sources and edge-compute hardware.Develop signal-processing pipelines.Characterise and classify signals based on frequency, bandwidth, modulation and activity.Develop direction-finding and geolocation methods using techniques such as AoA, TDOA, FDOA and coherent sensing.Create calibration methods for gain, frequency, phase, timing and antenna effects.Integrate position, attitude and timing data into repeatable localisation solutions.Build data pipelines, visualisation tools and structured RF datasets.Perform laboratory and field testing against known signals and ground truth.
Required Experience & Skills
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Signal Processing, Applied Physics or a related field.3+ years of experience in RF sensing, SDR development, signal processing or related technologies.Experience developing sensing or geolocation capabilities from concept through testing and demonstration.Strong RF and DSP knowledge.Strong Python and C/C++ skills; MATLAB, FPGA, GPU or real-time DSP experience is a plus.Understanding of timing, phase coherence, antenna effects and geolocation geometry.
What we offer
Direct contract with our client27 vacation days (based on full-time)Flexible working hours with hybrid working options and a strong focus on work-life balance.Travel reimbursementA high level of autonomy, responsibility, and ownership.Pension schemeRelocation support for candidates based outside of the Netherlands.A collaborative culture supported by company events, team activities and social moments.
