Overview

While Charon Technologies, LLC is wholly owned by CACI, a Fortune 500 company, we function as a boutique LLC comprised of under 100 staff, allowing us to operate like a small business.

This small business culture is important to us, and we work very hard to foster an environment that allows our employees to be very collaborative, roll up their sleeves, and directly contribute to the success of our customers. Our employees are allowed great freedom including where they do their jobs (telecommute or remote work is available), how they get their jobs done (e.g., as many monitors as you want policy), and their choice of work attire (extremely casual atmosphere with frequent flip-flop sightings).Our culture mirrors that of our customers that are typically the Tip of the Spear – a deep passion for mission success with a sprinkling of craziness, adventure, and dogged determination. With endless snacks, coffee, soda and weekly lunches or breakfasts, we understand the old saying, An Army Marches on Its Stomach. Drop us your resume or give us a call, we are different in just the kind of way you are looking for.Charon Technologies specializes in designing and building hardware and software to meet our customers' next requirement. The one they do not know they have yet. Our products are used successfully throughout the commercial, military, and Intelligence Communities. We pride ourselves on our self-funded product development driven by our customer demands. We innovate through our long-term trusted customer relationships and operate as a commercial provider while also providing sophisticated solutions to the government. Our expertise allows us to rapidly provide specialized SWaP-optimized electronic/mechanical design, embedded & application software, reverse engineering & protocol analysis, and RF signals exploitation and communications.Successful candidates must be able to hold and maintain a security clearance; therefore, U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

CACI | SystemWare (CSW) Team is seeking a highly motivated mid-level DSP Engineer with demonstrable experience in design and implementation of advanced signal processing algorithms for wireless signal collection systems. This role requires understanding both theoretical and practical aspects of DSP solutions for RF collection and processing as well as experience in FPGA architectures and algorithm implementations in a commercial environment. Your expertise will help drive forward next-generation RF system designs used in a variety of applications across our customer space while collaborating with a cross-functional multi-disciplinary team including signal processing, software, hardware, mechanical and systems engineers. As part of our signal processing and embedded software team, you will participate in the design of specialized tools, sensors, and communications devices, embracing evolving and novel technologies, oftentimes outside of your “comfort zone”, to achieve innovative solutions to complex problems. 

Ideal Candidates will be proficient with:

• Communications systems, associated algorithms, and their design, including an understanding of RF filters, signal modulation/demodulation, channel equalization/channel estimation, channel coding (FEC), RF signal acquisition and recovery, RF frequency control (AFC), and RF gain control (AGC)
• Mixed signal requirements including quantization and algorithm fixed point implementations.
• MATLAB, Python, or X-MIDAS tools used for algorithm design / validation and test vector generation
• Vivado design and simulation tools for FPGA architecture design and HDL implementation of signal processing algorithms

Preferred skills will include:

• Embedded software development and interfacing with FPGAs in tightly coupled processor configurations (such as Zynq MPSoCs / RFSoCs)
• Hardware peripheral programming and control for both digital and analog devices
• FPGA build scripts using TCL/Make within virtualized environments such as Docker
• High speed SERDES transport layers, including JESD204, PCIe, and 10/100Gb Ethernet
• Experience with cellular and WAN protocols such as 3GPP (5GNR, LTE, WCDMA, GSM), IEEE 802.11 (WIFI) and IEEE 802.15 (UWB, Zigbee)

 Qualifications

• 5 years experience designing FPGA solutions
• BS Electrical Engineering or similar field, Master’s degree preferred

This is our life’s work, but not our life. We are serious about it yet enjoy the work. We will require your intellectual commitment, and seek individuals who:

• Are enthusiastic about embedded development,
• Are excited about working closely on small development teams,
• Enjoy taking ownership of their work,
• Want to help us brainstorm and design innovative solutions,
• Want to introduce new technology and ideas,
• Want to be technically challenged, and
• Have strong aptitude and interest in learning about new technologies.

Our benefits

• 401(k) match of 6% with immediate vesting
• Highly subsidized Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Legal Resources Plan
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)
• 11 Federal Holidays
• Life Insurance, Short and Long-term Disability coverage paid for by the company
• Free drinks and snacks
• Company sponsored weekly breakfast or lunch
• Holiday parties and networking events
• Participation in several charitable events

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, national origin, color, age, military service eligibility or veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other protected class. We encourage and support workplace diversity.

U.S. citizenship is required for this position. Charon Technologies, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V.

Charon Technologies, LLC is ADA accommodation friendly.