Senior Software Engineer / RF Systems
Quartermaster8 hours ago
Arlington, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$200k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and maintain high-performance Rust, C, and C++ software across distributed edge and cloud systems.
- Develop hardware-aware software interfacing with SDR hardware, FPGA fabric, embedded Linux, device drivers, memory-mapped I/O, and DMA buffers.
- Build reliable streaming data paths for IQ samples, detection events, and metadata using packetization and custom TCP/UDP transport.
- Build and operate cloud data processing pipelines for high-bandwidth RF captures and telemetry from a globally distributed fleet.
- Work directly with customers to shape requirements and translate operational needs into technical solutions.
- Productionize RF and DSP algorithms prototyped in Python or GNU Radio.
- Own device provisioning, configuration, versioning, release tooling, remote updates, and monitoring.
- Establish automated testing, hardware-in-the-loop validation, CI/CD, code review, design, and documentation practices.
- Support field deployments and diagnose live-unit issues using logs, telemetry, and captured data.
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional software development experience and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong coding and debugging skills in C, C++, or Rust, with production Rust experience strongly preferred.
- Experience developing systems software on resource-constrained embedded Linux platforms and working with hardware-software interfaces and computer architecture.
- Proficiency implementing or debugging IP networking and custom TCP/UDP protocols.
- Experience building and operating large-scale distributed cloud data-processing pipelines for high-volume or streaming data.
- Hands-on AWS experience, including services such as S3, IoT Core, Lambda, ECS, and Kinesis, with infrastructure-as-code familiarity preferred.
- 2+ years of experience working with or adjacent to RF, SDR, or wireless communications software.
- Ability to independently decompose complex problems, work directly with customers, and carry solutions through deployment.
- Active U.S. security clearance or eligibility and willingness to obtain one.
- Bonus qualifications include FPGA-based SoC exposure, digital signal processing experience, GNSS timing or geolocation, and defense, maritime, or government program experience.
Benefits
- Small, senior, cross-disciplinary team with significant autonomy and ownership.
- Hands-on work with real hardware and occasional travel for testing and field deployments.
- In-office work with flexible hours.
About Quartermaster
Quartermaster builds a maritime intelligence platform that turns commercial and civilian vessels into a distributed sensing network via its SmartMast hardware, fusing HD video, radar, RF, AI, and AIS. It sells maritime domain awareness data and software to defense and government agencies, insurers, and energy and oceanography users. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, it has deployed 600+ sensors across 25+ countries and identified 400,000+ vessels outside AIS.