Senior Software Engineer Electronic Warfare

About the role

The Electronic Warfare team is a systems-focused engineering group delivering software-defined, mass-scalable RF solutions for autonomous systems. You will design high-performance software to ensure fleet command, control, and situational awareness against near-peer threats in contested environments. The role involves owning the stack from initial design and mathematical modelling to rigorous bench testing and field trials.

Responsibilities

• Design high-performance C++ software for real-time signal processing, waveform manipulation, and mission-critical EW functions.
• Develop anti-jamming techniques, frequency hopping, and adaptive filtering to bypass active electronic countermeasures.
• Design algorithms for RF sensing, signal detection, and situational awareness to identify and neutralise threats in dynamic environments.
• Collaborate with hardware and systems teams to tune RF front-ends, ensuring software is perfectly calibrated to physical constraints.
• Own the stack from initial design and mathematical modelling to rigorous bench testing and field trials.

Required skills

• Modern C++
• Electronic Warfare
• DSP
• Fourier methods
• Modulation theory
• LPI links
• Digital modulation
• RF propagation
• Embedded systems
• Linux networking
• Jamming theory
• Cognitive radio

Nice to have

• MIMO antenna systems
• Beam-forming
• High performance computing
• Cryptographic standards
• Custom protocol design
• RF waveform design
• Amateur radio

Qualifications

• Background in Defence & Aerospace (Radar, electronic countermeasures, or encrypted tactical comms)
• Background in Robotics (Long-range, encrypted data links for UAS/UGV or autonomous systems)
• Background in SDR Development (USRP, pluto SDR, LimeSDR, GNU Radio)
• Background in Advanced Engineering (Radio-waveform development, X-ray systems, or mathematically driven system design)

About the Company

Stark is a premier defence technology company that equips NATO Allies and their partners with next-generation autonomous defence platforms and advanced AI-driven software. They combine elite engineering talent with agile technology and an AI-native operational culture to turn complex defence challenges into field-tested, multi-domain solutions.