Description

Aspen Consulting Group (ACG) is seeking a full-time Software Defined Radio (SDR) Development Engineer to work for the US Army’s DEVCOM C5ISR Center on-site in APG, Maryland. The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated individual willing to pursue “outside-the-box” ideas and concepts to enhance and optimize development projects. The ability to understand and communicate highly complex technical concepts and requirements in embedded applications is required.      

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science degree in electrical or computer engineering with 5+ years of relevant development experience is required (experience with embedded systems is a plus).
• Experience in accurately documenting software (requirements, flow diagrams, readme, users guide, etc.) and managing software bugs, features, epochs, sprints, and releases using tools (e.g., JIRA) is required.
• Experience with VHDL, Verilog, or MATLAB System Generator with competency in learning, developing, and maintaining existing source code and Xilinx based FPGA projects is required. 
• Experience in Linux OS environment with advanced competency in installing and using software from Linux repositories and source code such as building a C project from source with Make, as well as using Linux command line utilities is required.
• Experience in one or more SDR frameworks such as GNU Radio, USRP/UHD, RTL-SDR, and Epiq SDR development kits is preferred.
• Experience with commercial communication systems and/or radar signal processing is preferred, and the ability to manipulate digital RF data with DSP algorithms and codec processing is a plus. 
• Must be a U.S. citizen possessing an active DoD Secret Clearance with the ability to obtain Top Secret/SCI Clearance upon hire. Individuals with an existing TS/SCI clearance are preferred.