# Principal Wireless Communication Systems Design Engineer

Job Description & Responsibilities Persistent Systems is seeking a Principal Wireless Communication Systems Design Engineer to join our team and be based in our NYC headquarters. In this role, you will be part of a best-in-class Ad Hoc Network system engineering development team. You will work closely with the teams like architecture, RF, FPGA, Software and DSP for the FPGA based SDR (software defined radio) design. You will involve the SDR system performance evaluation, data analysis, issues troubleshooting and performance optimization (power efficiency, signal quality, size of logic resources) to meet the System Design Specifications. Position Responsibilities Direct responsibility for development of Crest Factor Reduction and Digital Predistortion Provide specifications and reference algorithms for RF, SW, and DSP implementations Conduct SDR/RF ASIC systems validation and analysis Propose design and process changes for handling RX jamming and multi-radio coexistence issues considering trade-offs and implementation constraints Interface with our internal SW/FPGA/DSP group to relay the results of the system performance Collaborate to identify and solve performance issues within th

- **Id**: 3429286
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/persistent-systems-principal-wireless-communication-systems-design-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: New York, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-28T23:42:42Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T16:39:53Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 7
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3979
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, Military, Drones & UAVs

## Company

- **Id**: 2073156
- **Name**: Persistent Systems
- **Domain**: persistentsystems.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/persistentsystems>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: iCIMS

## Salary

- **Min**: 180000
- **Max**: 220000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 220000

## Technologies

- **MATLAB** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 7

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-28T23:42:42Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 81
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 0.945
- **Age days**: 7
- **Expected fill days**: 14
- **Reasons**: seen:7, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 220000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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