Principle R&D Engineer

KnowHireMatch
Los Angeles, CA

LOS ANGELES / HYBRID

The Company This is a rapidly growing high-tech entrepreneurial company in the heart of West Los Angeles. The Principal Research and Development (R&D) Engineer oversees and participates in the capture, planning, design, prototyping, and verification of wireless technology projects. Duties and Responsibilities
  • Technical management of R&D projects and programs to include:
  • Responsibility for overall system design and requirement specification.
  • Setting and tracking development schedules and tasks.
  • Overseeing paper design, simulation, software, FPGA, and testing efforts.
  • Customer-facing engagement and technical material preparation where needed.
  • Reporting to management as required for strategic planning and assessment.
  • Participate in R&D business development and capture efforts to include:
  • Whitepaper and proposal preparation.
  • Understand current technology and pitch future enhancements and strategies.
  • Communicate (telephone/email/in-person) engagement with government and industry.
  • Work collaboratively within the senior R&D team on the following:
  • Executing larger, team-wide projects.
  • Setting a comprehensive team-wide technology portfolio and pipeline.
  • As necessary, perform other related duties of which the above are representative.
Supervisory Responsibilities · When necessary, supervise a team of junior or senior engineers involved in a given project or R&D program for which the Principal Engineer is responsible. Qualifications and Experience
  • M.S. or Ph.D. in a relevant technology field (i.e., wireless communications, signal processing, statistics, optimization, networking, RF design, etc.).
  • 10 years of experience in the design and development of wireless systems.
  • 5 years of experience in technical project leadership (i.e., principal investigator).
  • Participation in the complete technology development cycle: design to field testing.
Areas of skill (familiarity required, expertise desirable):
  • Simulation and prototyping software: C/C++, MATLAB, Python, etc.
  • RF propagation, channel modeling, digital communication.
  • Wireless ad-hoc mesh networking, medium access, and routing algorithms.
  • Signal processing algorithms, MIMO, OFDM, beam-nulling, etc.
  • Cognitive radio congested and contested spectrum, interference mitigation.
  • RF sensing, signal detection, and classification, etc.
  • Technical writing, proposal preparation, and technical presentation.
  • Must be a U.S. person or U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.
  • Employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check.
Travel Requirements · Infrequent travel to support customer interactions or test and demonstration events.

LOCATION

Los Angeles, CA Compensation Range: $180k - 250k

Posted 2026-08-21

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