Senior Embedded / Real-Time Software Engineer (SDR)

Our customer:

Our customer is a technology-driven company developing a high-end Software Defined Radio (SDR) product, already moving from prototyping to commercial production (hundreds of units).

Your tasks:

• Design, develop, and optimize real-time embedded software for a high-performance SDR system
• Implement high-speed data paths inside the SDR and between the SDR and external devices (PC / cloud)
• Develop user-space and kernel-space software on NXP processors
• Work with DPDK-based networking, including UDP/TCP data processing and secure data transmission
• Participate in system-level development involving RF front-end, FPGA (integration level), and processors
• Implement and operate the control plane (internal SDR logic and external communication)
• Ensure real-time performance, low latency, and highly efficient code execution
• Debug complex real-time, multi-component systems (SW + FPGA + RF)
• Implement secure software management flows: secure images, field upgrades, monitoring

Required experience and skills:

• Strong experience in real-time embedded software development
• Hands-on experience with DPDK (mandatory)
• Practical experience with RF systems and digital signal processing in embedded environments
• Solid understanding of networking protocols and data processing (UDP/TCP)
• Experience with NXP processors and user-space / kernel-space development
• Proven ability to write highly efficient, low-latency C/C++ code
• Experience working in systems that include FPGA (FPGA coding not required)
• Strong debugging skills for real-time and complex systems
• Understanding of high-speed data paths and performance optimization
• Good command of English (written and spoken)
• Experience with Python for tooling, scripting, or support tasks

Would be a plus:

• Deep understanding of RF signals and SDR architectures
• Experience with time synchronization technologies (GNSS, IEEE 1588, clock synchronization)
• Background in digital signal processing (DSP) for real-time systems
• Experience with security mechanisms (VPNs, ciphering, secure communication)
• Experience with cloud-connected embedded systems