RF Sensing & Signal Processing Engineer

Location: Netherlands
Level: Senior
Industry: Autonomous UAV / Defence Technology

We are looking for a Senior SIGINT / RF Sensing & Signal Processing Engineer to join an advanced engineering team developing autonomous UAV systems for demanding operational environments.

You will work across the RF sensing chain, from antennas and RF front-ends through SDR, signal processing and data exploitation, developing capabilities for spectrum awareness, emitter analysis and RF geolocation.

• Design and develop RF sensing architectures for airborne and ground-based systems.

• Develop signal-processing algorithms for detection, classification and characterisation of RF signals.

• Process and analyse raw IQ data and large RF datasets.

• Develop direction-finding and geolocation capabilities using techniques such as AoA, TDoA and FDoA.

• Work with SDRs, RF receivers, antenna systems and RF test equipment.

• Develop and validate algorithms for jammer and spoofer detection/localisation.

• Integrate RF sensing with platform position, attitude and timing data.

• Build software and data pipelines for RF measurements, detections and emitter information.

• Plan and execute laboratory, range and airborne testing.

• Work closely with RF, software, systems and autonomy engineers to transition concepts into operational systems.

• 5+ years’ experience in RF sensing, signal processing, SDR, SIGINT, EW, ESM or a related field.

• Strong understanding of RF fundamentals and DSP.

• Experience developing RF/signal-processing algorithms.

• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C/C++.

• Experience working with RF measurement systems and/or SDR platforms.

• Experience handling and analysing RF/IQ data.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications, Signal Processing, Computer Engineering, Applied Physics, or a related discipline.

• SDR / GNU Radio / USRP

• FPGA or real-time DSP

• MATLAB

• AoA / TDoA / FDoA

• Direction finding and RF geolocation

• Beamforming or phased arrays

• MUSIC / ESPRIT

• Electronic warfare / ESM / SIGINT / ELINT

• Jammer or GNSS spoofing detection

• Distributed RF sensing

• GNSS / PNT

• €5,500 - €8,500 gross per month

• 8% holiday allowance

• 2/3 employer pension contribution

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Nikyle Maipath