Founding Embedded Engineer (C/C++/Radar/FPGA)

Do you work with bare-metal C/C++ and embedded algorithms where every millisecond and byte of memory matters? A team developing interceptor drones has opened an office in central Vilnius/Kyiv and is looking for an Embedded Radar Engineer to work with radar algorithms, SoC, FPGA/DSP, and RTOS.

We build miniature radar seekers. You have to extract small, low-RCS drone tracks from heavy background clutter, EW interference, and motor noise. You have to run this math on severely constrained silicon. You are bound by strict compute, memory, and thermal limits. The processing loop must close in milliseconds. There is no cloud, no heavy GPU, and no room for inefficient code.
Main Responsibilities
You own the math and the metal. You design the radar algorithms (FMCW, CFAR, beamforming, MIMO virtual arrays) and the advanced tracking math (Kalman filters, multi-target tracking, clutter rejection). You implement this across the SoC architecture – managing the heavy lifting on FPGA and DSP accelerators and writing the bare-metal C or RTOS code for the microcontrollers. You manage the memory architecture, the DMA transfers straight from the ADCs, and the low-level peripheral drivers. You also own the data handoff, packaging clean point-clouds and track histories for our Edge ML classification models.
PROOF OF EXECUTION
Degrees do not matter here. We want to see the algorithms you have built AND physically deployed on embedded hardware. If you only simulate perfect radar returns in MATLAB and have never managed a memory buffer or a DMA transfer, do not apply. Show us how you squeezed complex tracking math into a constrained chip (FPGA, RFSoC, or MCU) without blowing up the latency. We expect you to take raw field data on a Tuesday, rewrite the algorithm, and flash a new firmware image to the seeker on a Thursday.
Mandatory Requirements
You must work in our Vilnius/Kyiv lab every day. We go from the bench to field testing in days, not months. The financial package includes a top-of-market base salary, founding equity, a relocation bonus, company housing, and a daily allowance. We cover all logistics and remove all friction so you can focus 100% on building hardware.
We offer
This role requires your daily physical presence in our Vilnius/Kyiv lab. We move from the test bench to live field validation in days, not months. We provide a top-of-market base salary (~€5000 NET), founding equity, a relocation bonus, company housing, and a daily allowance. We remove all financial and logistical friction so you can focus entirely on shipping hardware.