Digital Modem Design Engineer

GROW WITH US:
Launch your career to new heights with Innoflight, where innovative minds meet the cosmos. Join us and help shape the future of space technology, growing your expertise in a universe of pioneering, compact, and cyber-secure solutions. At Innoflight, we're not just reaching for the stars—we're engineering them. Grow with us, and let’s innovate the infinite together!
STAY EXTRAORDINARY:
Innoflight is one of San Diego's fastest growing Aerospace and Defense companies. Innoflight offers state-of-the-art software-defined compact/ground radios, cryptographic and cyber secure systems and processing, networking and data storage avionics. Become part of this small, agile, innovative and unparalleled company. You will have unlimited potential for learning and growth as we target the latest technology to provide products to enable New Space. Everything you do will have an impact!
A DAY IN THE LIFE:

The Digital Modem Design Engineer is responsible for the design, implementation, and validation of multiple waveform efforts for existing and future products, specifically focusing on digital design modulators for satellite systems. With limited direction, you will have considerable latitude in initiating and developing architecture and detailed designs for wireless communications systems.

• Design Digital Modulators: Create and develop digital modulators specifically for satellite wireless communication systems, ensuring they meet required specifications and customer needs.
• Utilize Digital Programmable Technology: Work with technologies such as Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), System on Chip (SoC), Analog to Digital Converters (ADC), and Digital to Analog Converters (DAC) to implement designs effectively.
• Develop Tactical Waveforms: Design tactical waveforms, including Link-16, based on customer requirements, ensuring robust and reliable performance.
• Implement on Hardware Platforms: Oversee the implementation of designs on various hardware platforms, ensuring proper functionality and performance.
• Testing and Evaluation: Conduct testing and evaluation of modem performance, including system bring-up and design validation testing using RF test equipment and automated test systems.
• Design and Simulation: Use tools such as Matlab/Simulink for design, simulation, performance analysis, and optimization of waveforms to meet project specifications.
• Generate Documentation: Create comprehensive documentation for designs and processes, ensuring clarity and compliance during formal reviews.
• Collaborate with Teams: Work successfully in a team environment, contributing to design reviews and collaborating with other engineers to ensure project success.
• Agile Project Techniques: Apply Agile project management techniques to manage multiple projects simultaneously, maintaining focus and timely completion.
• Innovative Problem Solving: Rapidly develop innovative solutions to complex problems, enhancing the performance and reliability of designs.

YOU’RE AWESOME AT:

• Digital Modem Design: Strong technological background in digital modem design, enabling the creation of effective communication systems.
• RF and Microwave Components: Familiarity with RF and microwave components, including oscillators, mixers, attenuators, amplifiers, couplers, and isolators.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to work effectively within a team, generating documentation and participating in formal design reviews.
• Embedded Integration: Experience with embedded processor and software integration, ensuring interoperability with digital designs.
• Project Management: Comfort with Agile project techniques, adept at managing multiple projects in time-compressed environments.
• Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving skills, capable of addressing complex challenges with innovative solutions.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field (Computer Science, Engineering, etc.) is required.
• Five or more years of relevant digital modem design experience.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:
At Innoflight the sky isn’t the limit—it’s our playground! Here, we strap innovation to a rocket and send conventional thinking into orbit. Our culture thrives on curiosity, camaraderie, and a dash of cosmic creativity, making the vastness of space feel like a small, tight-knit community. Our 9/80 work schedule means every other Friday is yours to ignite personal projects or fuel weekend getaways. Hungry for knowledge? Or just plain hungry? We’ve got both covered! Expand your universe with educational and professional reimbursements, 'Ask Me Anything' (AMA) sessions and 'Learn 'n Learns'. Employer-sponsored weekly catered meals—our way of keeping your rockets fueled and ready for innovation. Our Culture Ambassadors ensure we're always aligned with the stars, creating a gravitational pull towards positivity and inclusion.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
The starting base pay range for this position is $116,000 - $140,000 annually. Base pay will vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition to base pay, Innoflight offers a competitive compensation package that includes Profit-Sharing Bonus, Cash Performance Bonus, and a robust benefits package. Innoflight offers health care benefits such as medical, dental, vision, health savings accounts and life insurance. Ancillary benefits such as critical illness, accident, short term & long-term disability, pet insurance, ID & Legal Shield, Cal-Perks and EAP. You’ll also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 120 hours of paid time off (starting in year 1) and auto enrolled into our 401K with a 3% automatic company match. 
BE YOU, WITH US:
Innoflight is firmly committed to being an equal opportunity employer and maintaining a diverse and inclusive environment. We value and embrace that every single one of us brings value to the table. But sometimes we forget that when we don’t meet 100% of a job description’s criteria – maybe you’re feeling that way right now? We encourage you to apply anyway. Because we want you to be you, with us.
YOU SHOULD KNOW:
Potential new employees must successfully complete a background check which includes criminal search, education certification and employment verification prior to hire. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S as you must have the ability to obtain a security clearance. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa.
REFERRALS:
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NO SOLICITATION FOR STAFFING AGENCIES:
This job posting is intended for direct applicants only. Innoflight does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies, recruiters, or other third-party sources. All submissions must be made directly by candidates via our official application processes. Unsolicited resumes sent from third parties will be considered property of Innoflight and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired as a result of the referral or through other means.
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