Senior Wireless Communications Systems Engineer

Mission Driven Search; Los Angeles, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Mission Driven Search in Los Angeles seeks a Senior Wireless Communications Systems Engineer to lead the design, modeling, and verification of advanced wireless systems. The role requires collaboration across RF, digital, and software teams, mentoring engineers, and ensuring delivery across the full development lifecycle.

The position is hybrid with at least 3 on-site days weekly (Mon, Wed, Thu) in Los Angeles, CA, and requires U.S. citizenship for government-contract work.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in wireless communications and signal processing.
• 7+ years in the design and development of wireless systems.
• Experience across the complete wireless development cycle: from design to field.

Responsibilities

• System design and requirement specification.
• Algorithmic development, simulation, implementation, and testing.
• System performance simulation, benchmarking, and testing.
• Fixed point modeling and FPGA design and verification support.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team for product and feature development as needed.
• Setting, tracking, and driving development schedules and tasks.
• Design and participate in lab and field testing and troubleshooting.
• Technical material preparation and documentation.

Skills

RF propagation

Digital communications

MIMO

OFDM

MATLAB programming

System design

Team leadership

Education

MS or PhD in wireless communications and signal processing

Tools

FPGA design

Job description

Senior Wireless Communications Systems Engineer

Type Full Time

Posted Aug 24, 2026

THE OPPORTUNITY

Our Client is seeking a Senior Wireless Communication Systems Engineerto participate in all phases of wireless technology projects that include planning, design, implementation, prototyping, verification, and validation. This position is on a hybrid schedule, a minimum of 3 days on-site per week is required. On-site days are the following: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• System design and requirement specification.
• Algorithmic development, simulation, implementation, and testing.
• System performance simulation, bench marking, and testing.
• Fixed point modeling and FPGA design and verification support.
• Support FPGA and Software development teams for hardware/software implementation
• and troubleshooting.
• Lead a team of multi-disciplinary engineers for product and feature development as
• needed.
• Setting, tracking, and driving development schedules and tasks.
• Design and participate in lab and field testing and troubleshooting.
• Technical material preparation and documentation.
• Participate in R&D business development and capture efforts as needed.
• Understand current products and technologies and brainstorm with other teams for
• future enhancements and strategies.
• As necessary, perform other related duties of which the above are representative.
• Infrequent travel to support customer interactions or test and demonstration events.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• M.S. or Ph.D. in the field of wireless communications and signal processing.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in the design and development of wireless systems.
• Participation in the complete wireless technology development cycle: from design to field
• Extensive knowledge and experience about RF propagation and channel modeling.
• Extensive knowledge and experience about all parts of digital communication systems
• such as RF subsystems, synchronizations, channel estimation, channel coding, etc.
• Extensive knowledge about signal processing algorithms, MIMO, OFDM.
• Extensive experience in modeling and mitigating RF impairments to signals such as
• Experiences with fixed point modeling, implementation, and verification.
• Expert in MATLAB programming and simulation.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts.
• Employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check.

PREFERRED KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES (exposure and experience desired, expertise preferred)

• Wireless mobile ad-hoc networking, medium access, and routing algorithms.
• Cognitive radio congested and contested spectrum and interference mitigation.
• RF sensing, signal detection, and classification, etc.
• Technical writing and presentation.

NOTE - Must be a U.S. Citizen due to clients under U.S. government contracts. Employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check.

$140,000 - $200,000 a year

COMPENSATION: 140k-200k/annual

NOTE - As a US Federal Contractor, Our client requires that ALL candidates being considered for employment for any position (regardless of level) MUST be a U.S. Person (permanent resident or citizen). Stricter U.S. Citizen ONLY requirements (needed for some Engineering or R&D roles) will be included in the Required Qualifications section of the posted position. Employment is contingent upon the successful clearance of a background check. This does NOT apply to International positions; only job postings for positions located in the US.

Our client is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion or belief, ancestry, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.