Senior SDR Data Collection & GNU Radio Engineer

Peraton; Red Bank (NJ); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Communications/RF Data Collection and Software Defined Radio (SDR) Engineer in Red Bank, NJ to lead large-scale RF data collection, simulation, and delivery of datasets and software for Test & Evaluation programs.

The role spans building automated data collection infrastructure, developing channel emulation pipelines, and integrating signal processing chains into a GNU Radio-based waveform framework deployed on SDR hardware, with on-site responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years hands-on SDR experience, including at least 3 years building and operating SDR systems with GNU Radio (3.8+) and Ettus USRP hardware (UHD) or equivalent.
• Strong proficiency in Python and C++ for signal processing and SDR software development, including GNU Radio out-of-tree (OOT) module development and flowgraph automation.
• Demonstrated experience designing and running RF data collection campaigns with RF test and measurement equipment, calibration, and large I/Q datasets with metadata.
• Ability to work on-site at the Red Bank, New Jersey laboratory and hold US citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate the laboratory RF data collection testbed: multi-node SDR configurations (Ettus USRP or similar), timing and data networking, calibration procedures, and automated collection scripts that capture I/Q data with complete metadata across controlled channel conditions.
• Plan and execute over-the-air and cabled data collection campaigns at scale, including experiment design, RF test and measurement, spectrum monitoring, interference and co-channel scenario generation, and quality control of captured data.
• Develop synthetic data generation and channel emulation pipelines (Python, GNU Radio, and RF propagation and channel models) that extend laboratory collections with simulated conditions, and maintain consistency between simulated and measured data.
• Implement and maintain the SDR waveform framework: GNU Radio out-of-tree modules, Python and C++ blocks, flowgraph generation from generated signal processing chains, and the runtime that deploys waveforms to radios through the program radio control API.
• Support the Lead System Integrator in packaging the waveform framework and data pipelines into containerized deliverables that build and run on T&E hardware, including hardware passthrough for SDRs, and in reproducing evaluation scenarios locally for self-test leaderboard runs.
• Characterize generated waveforms against objectives (bandwidth, BER, throughput, spectral and temporal masks) using laboratory measurements; document collection procedures, dataset contents, and framework design for program deliverables.

Skills

Python

C++

RF data collection

Linux scripting

Documentation

US Citizenship

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

MS in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

GNU Radio

USRP hardware

UHD

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Communications/RF Data Collection and Software Defined Radio (SDR) Engineer in Red Bank, NJ to lead large-scale RF data collection, simulation, and delivery of datasets and software for Test & Evaluation programs.

The role spans building automated data collection infrastructure, developing channel emulation pipelines, and integrating signal processing chains into a GNU Radio-based waveform framework deployed on SDR hardware, with on-site responsibilities.