SDR Communications Systems Engineer – Hybrid/Remote

Lockheed Martin; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work options

Flexible working hours

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Gloucester is seeking a Communications Systems Engineer to design and develop Software-Defined Radio (SDR) systems, focusing on architectures, interfaces, protocols and network topography.

You will work across defence, cyber and intelligence programmes, collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver robust, standards-compliant solutions and to test and validate complex communications networks.

Qualifications

• SDR architectures for comms applications.
• Interfaces, protocols, encodings, and standards.
• Network topographies and link budgets.

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize SDR system architectures for comms.
• Develop interfaces and protocols for SDR systems.
• Model network topologies for seamless integration.
• Integrate SDR solutions with hardware and software teams.
• Ensure standards compliance and interoperability.
• Test and validate communication systems.
• Collaborate with multi-discipline teams.

Skills

SDR architectures

Interfaces & Protocols

Network topologies

System integration

Network modelling

Analytical skills

Tools

OpenCPI

GnuRadio

Python

C/C++

GitLab

Job description

Lockheed Martin in Gloucester is seeking a Communications Systems Engineer to design and develop Software-Defined Radio (SDR) systems, focusing on architectures, interfaces, protocols and network topography.

You will work across defence, cyber and intelligence programmes, collaborating with hardware and software teams to deliver robust, standards-compliant solutions and to test and validate complex communications networks.