Hardware / Dsp Hacker

Hardware/ DSP Hacker - Job Description

Who We Are

Kudu Dynamics is a 100% employee-owned company, forged out of a decade of experience in computer network operations and staffed with talent who have built, overseen, and enhanced capabilities throughout the entire USG arsenal. Our team of hackers, engineers, makers, and shakers have experience spanning centuries of research, development, and operations missions - across desktop, mobile, IoT, and embedded platforms. Kudu Dynamics is uniquely qualified to anticipate tomorrow's threats and build the next generation of capabilities.

Full Job Description

We are hiring for a researcher to develop capabilities at the intersection of hardware, signal processing, and physics where things don't operate like the textbooks say they do. The Hardware & DSP Hacker will contribute to the design and construction of radio frequency (RF) equipment to explore the full range of capabilities of a device in the electromagnetic spectrum. The researcher will be responsible for MATLAB/Simulink (or other similar software) modeling and simulation to quantify the performance of radios and assess the impact of interference and noise sources. This role calls for the creative application of multiple skill sets in a small, agile team that is working to develop and deliver advanced capabilities to our Sponsors. This is the type of job where you say, "hey, that's strange...", spend months reproducing and honing the "strange", and end up with something indistinguishable from magic to those who expect that their devices will always operate like the manufacturers say they will.

Responsibilities Include:

• Conducting lab-based experiments on embedded sensors and other devices
  • Designing and assembling digital and analog circuits as well as physical test harnesses
  • Discovering interesting edge cases (including designing experiments specifically targeted at teasing these out)
• Designing and implementing models and simulations, incorporating experimental results
• Scripting/automating experimental & simulation activities where possible
• Developing in GNURadio (or similar software development environment) to verify the models and simulations
• Critically analyzing, interpreting, and communicating experimental results

Minimum Qualifications:

• Degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, math/physics, or equivalent hands-on experience
• Experience with GNURadio or similar Software-Defined Radio development environments
• Experience with analog and digital circuit design and analysis, especially for signal processing applications
• Experience with electrical and mechanical assembly techniques for lab-based experimentation and rapid prototyping
  • Familiarity with diagnostic equipment/instrumentation (such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, function generators, etc.)
  • Experience with MATLAB/Simulink for both model/simulation AND digital signal processing applications
• Candidate should be able to design and implement original MATLAB/Simulink tools, filters, visualizations, etc.
• Candidate should be able to adapt and extend existing MATLAB/Simulink tools, filters, visualizations, etc.
• Familiarity with antenna theory, propagation, link budgets, modulation techniques, and receiver/transmitter architectures.
• Familiarity with DSP algorithms and analysis techniques as well as with the design and implementation of hardware front ends for observing and generating real-world signals

Nice-to-have Qualifications:

• Software development experience in Python and/or C/C++
• Knowledge of software vulnerability classes, vulnerability research technique
• Experience with hardware or software reverse engineering
• Experience with real-time embedded systems

Benefits We Provide

• Equity at a company that is doing dynamic, fun, meaningful, and interesting work.
• A flexible work schedule, with the option to work remotely most days, if that's your style.
• Your own yearly discretionary budget to buy the things that make you happy.
• In addition to highly competitive salaries, we offer premium healthcare options, 401k matching, and an annual pass to a swim in the bonus pool. We also offer four weeks of paid time off and 11 federal holidays to utilize whenever you want throughout the year.
• Awesome, enthusiastic co-workers and a company culture that promotes a jerk- free environment. Rattle the windows with the company band, participate in board game or movie nights, and help balance out the scotch vs. bourbon ratio in the office.

Kudu provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Pay Range: $150,000 - $175,000 per hour