Senior Engineer - RF Signal Processing Software

About the role

ADVANCED CONCEPTS, part of EDGE, designs and deploys advanced technologies including autonomous systems such as high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles, loitering munitions, cruise missiles and guided artillery munitions. It is looking for a Senior Engineer in RF signal processing software in Abu Dhabi.

Key responsibilities

• Implement OSI Layer 1 and Layer 2 radio for microcontroller or FPGA-based systems
• Develop embedded software for RF systems, including signal processing for data links
• Write device drivers and low-level software for RF chipsets and modules
• Develop and maintain bare-metal firmware for ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers and RTOS firmware
• Integrate communication protocols such as I2C, UART, SPI, CAN and Ethernet in Linux and microcontroller environments
• Design and generate board support packages, build Linux images (Yocto, FreeRTOS) and write Linux drivers and kernel modules
• Analyse and improve RF system performance in throughput, latency, power consumption and signal quality
• Use Git or SVN, follow coding standards and take part in code reviews
• Test and troubleshoot software and hardware, and mentor junior engineers

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, communications, electronics or software engineering
• Minimum 8 years of experience in embedded software engineering
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and debugging skills, and proven ability to work independently and manage several projects at once

Required skills

• C, C++ and assembly for microcontrollers
• ARM Cortex-M architecture and bare-metal firmware
• Linux driver and kernel development, and RTOS
• I2C, UART, SPI and CAN protocols
• RF principles, including modulation, coding and signal processing