Senior Network Engineer

NeuralAgent; Gauting; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Learning budget

On-site campus with gym

Free beverages

Lunch support

Tax‑free benefits

Flexible working hours

Regular remote work

30 days vacation

Competitive compensation

Job summary

NeuralAgent in Germany is seeking a Senior Network Engineer to own RF radio and MAC‑layer software in a challenging, scalable mesh network environment.

You will work with world‑class engineers and researchers while designing deterministic MAC access, SD‑Radio software, and robust link budgets across varied ranges.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or PhD in Electrical/Communications Engineering, CS, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in RF, radio layer or embedded network engineering.
• Proficient in C, C++ or Rust for bare‑metal or RTOS environments and Linux‑embedded systems.
• Experience with software‑defined radio architectures, digital modulation schemes and MAC layer protocol design.
• Practical knowledge of TDMA scheduling and anti‑jamming techniques such as frequency hopping (FHSS).
• Strong analytical and systems engineering mindset.
• Excellent communication skills in English; German language skills are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the radio and MAC‑layer software across links from narrowband to broadband.
• Program SDRs and optical terminals as runtime‑configurable assets.
• Tune waveform parameters and modulation‑coding schemes to fit the link budget.
• Build deterministic, collision‑free MAC for jammed, evolving networks.

Skills

C/C++/Rust

RTOS / bare-metal

Linux embedded

RF / Radio engineering

TDMA / anti-jamming

English communication

German language (plus)

Education

Master's degree or PhD in Electrical/Communications Engineering or CS

Tools

FreeRTOS

Zephyr

RIOT

ns-3

Job description

Why us?

You’ll join a company where your work has visible impact from day one.

You’ll work directly with world-class engineers, scientists, aerospace experts and entrepreneurs building technologies that have never existed before.

Every day you’ll collaborate with people who genuinely believe Europe can lead the next generation of autonomous intelligence.

We’re not maintaining legacy systems.

We’re creating the infrastructure future generations will depend on.

What We Offer

• Competitive compensation
• Relocation support
• Individual learning budget
• Modern aerospace campus with an on‑site canteen and gym
• Free beverages
• Lunch support
• Tax‑free employee benefits
• Flexible working hours
• Regular remote work
• 30 days of vacation

Join Us

If you’re ready to build technology that could shape Europe for decades to come, we’d love to meet you.

Your mission

As a Senior Network Engineer focused on the physical and link layer, you will own the radio and MAC‑layer software that keeps autonomous nodes connected across links that range from narrowband to broadband and from short‑range to long‑range, under contested and electromagnetically hostile conditions.

You will program software‑defined radios and optical terminals as runtime‑configurable assets, tune waveform parameters and modulation‑and‑coding schemes to fit the link budget at hand, and build deterministic, collision‑free media access control for links that must hold together under jamming and interference.

Your work determines whether a link survives fading and jamming, and whether a new one can form fast enough to keep pace with rapid topology change. It is the physical foundation the mesh and routing layer is built on.

Your profile

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical/Communications Engineering, Computer Science or a related field.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in RF, radio layer or embedded network engineering.
• Proficient in C, C++ or Rust for bare‑metal or RTOS environments (FreeRTOS, Zephyr, RIOT) and Linux‑embedded systems.
• Experience with software‑defined radio architectures, digital modulation schemes and MAC layer protocol design.
• Practical knowledge of TDMA scheduling and anti‑jamming techniques such as frequency hopping (FHSS).
• Strong analytical and systems engineering mindset.
• Excellent communication skills in English; German language skills are a plus.

Nice to Have

• Domain knowledge in cognitive radio, electromagnetic warfare countermeasures or tactical wireless mesh systems.
• Link design across the range and bandwidth spectrum, from long‑range narrowband telemetry to high‑throughput broadband links, such as point‑to‑point microwave, mmWave or optical inter‑satellite links.
• Fine‑steering mirror or laser‑terminal control for optical links.
• Network simulation and hardware‑in‑the‑loop testing (ns‑3, SDR‑in‑the‑loop test rigs).
• Familiarity with IETF, IEEE or NATO STANAG communication standards, particularly tactical radio and data‑link standards used in defense or dual‑use contexts.

About Us

At NeuralAgent, we are building coordination and AI‑Operating layer at edge that orchestrates the autonomous systems and networks across space, air, ground, maritime and underwater domains.

We believe the future will be powered by decentralized intelligence—where autonomous systems collaborate, make decisions and adapt in real time wherever the mission takes place.