Senior Waveform Architect

About the role

Stark is a defence technology company focused on engineering autonomous platforms and unmanned systems for NATO forces. As a Senior Waveform Architect, you will own the development, architecture, and implementation of the waveform for a tactical anti-jam radio. You will ensure communication links remain robust and operational under severe electronic countermeasure conditions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of the physical layer including waveform, modulation, coding, framing, and synchronisation.
• Engineer solutions tailored for challenging jamming scenarios and complex, multi-node long-range link budgets.
• Own the PHY-side specifications and expose critical IQ, phase, and timing observables for the Direction Finding strand.
• Define development guidelines for the strand including HDL and verification conventions and FPGA build flows.

Required skills

• PHY design
• FPGA
• SoC
• Synchronisation
• Estimation
• FEC
• Link budgets
• HDL

Nice to have

• Anti-jamming
• LPI/LPD
• GNU Radio
• RFSoC

Qualifications

• Experience designing a PHY and bringing it onto FPGA/SoC hardware in real time
• Practical experience debugging real radio links against physical hardware

About the Company

STARK is a defence technology company redefining the engineering and deployment of autonomous platforms. The company delivers fully operational unmanned systems, integrating critical subsystems like Electronic Warfare for NATO forces.