Senior PNT Systems Engineer, Partner Solutions

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Based in Germany, Maintain working-day overlap with U.S. Eastern Time; work outside normal hours during active test campaigns.Full-TimeSenior

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Languages: Professional fluency in English; professional proficiency in an additional European language preferred.
Experience: At least 8 years of relevant experience with digital radio systems, such as GPS/GNSS receivers, satellite communications, or software-defined radios.
Required Skills: PythonEmbedded SystemsMatlabLinux

Hold a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related discipline.
Have at least 8 years of relevant experience with digital radio systems, such as GPS/GNSS receivers, satellite communications, or software-defined radios.
Have experience supporting external engineering teams integrating chipsets, modules, or subsystems.
Have a deep understanding of GNSS receiver design and navigation algorithms.
Bring practical embedded systems experience with ARM, DSP, or FPGA architectures; C/C++; Python; Linux; and RTOS.
Have strong laboratory debugging skills using RF and digital measurement tools.
Have working knowledge of RF front-end design and PNT clocking technologies, including TCXO and OCXO oscillators, phase noise, and holdover performance.
Have experience defining and executing test plans, including HIL validation and field testing.
Be proficient in MATLAB, Octave, or Python for simulation, data analysis, and performance evaluation.
Be willing to travel approximately 25–40% of the time, primarily within Europe, with occasional travel to U.S. headquarters.
Maintain working-day overlap with U.S. Eastern Time and be available to work outside normal hours during active test campaigns.
Hold a valid driver's license for field deployments.

Serve as the primary technical interface for European partners, supporting system architecture, integration, production readiness, and ongoing technical support.
Guide integration of PNT ASICs, including RF front ends, reference clocks, power sequencing, host interfaces, SWaP considerations, and provisioning workflows.
Review partner schematics, PCB layouts, and bills of materials, and recommend design changes.
Develop design guides, application notes, reference designs, interface control documents, and troubleshooting procedures.
Lead partner hardware bring-up and debugging remotely and on-site, resolving RF, clocking, boot, firmware, and host-interface issues.
Define and support acceptance testing and performance verification, including sensitivity, TTFF, accuracy, holdover, and interference resilience.
Plan and lead GNSS jamming, spoofing, and meaconing field tests and partner-site trials; manage test objectives, instrumentation, logistics, data collection, and reporting.
Build portable autonomous test systems using software-defined radios, reference receivers, monitoring displays, and data logging.
Analyze field-test results, including C/N0, desensitization, AGC, detection margins, and timing or positioning errors.
Translate partner issues and test findings into product requirements, feature requests, firmware improvements, and performance enhancements.

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