Software Developer

Software Developer

Clearance Level: Must be a US Citizen and able to obtain an Active Secret Clearance

At Aquila Technology, you will see our team's passion every day, whether we are building a robust, policy-compliant IT system or stress-testing a system to identify gaps and security vulnerabilities. To own the advantage, we ensure our team owns results and gets the work done right the first time by deploying smart, purposeful solutions that work. Aquila is the right people with the right skills driving the right outcomes. We call this the Aquila Advantage.

Aquila Technology is seeking a Software Developer to develop software for various radio frequency (RF) communications applications: signal processing blocks, networking, GUIs, applications. Develops code that operates software defined radios (SDRs), i.e. Ettus USRPs (X310s and/or X410s), which often act as RF interfaces for the communications applications. The candidate will develop optimized signal processing code to be run on GPUs (C/CUDA) and on Ettus SDRs' Xilinx FPGAs (Verilog, VHDL, RFNoC).

Responsibilities/Duties:

• Create unit tests and end-to-end tests to verify software and system functionality.
• Debugs issues that arise (experience with MATLAB is helpful).
• Verify software meets timing requirements when real-time functionality is required.
• Create polished GUIs or user applications for operators. Handle operator feedback and update software as needed.
• Code development could span real-time applications on GPUs, software defined radios, and other platforms, as well as non-real-time applications.

Must Have

• Degree Level: Bachelor's Degree
• 1 years - Experience using AI tools (AI Agents etc) to assist with Software Development
• 2 years - C/C++ Programming
• 2 years - Containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• 2 years - Development experience on a Linux platform
• 2 years - GPUs (i.e. Cuda Processing)
• 2 years - GUI Development
• 2 years - Python and Bash scripting
• 2 years - Real-time processing systems

Nice to Have

• Electrical/Electronics
• Xilinx FPGA
• Digital and Wireless Radio/Communications Technology
• MATLAB
• Digital Signal Processing
• GIT/GITHUB/GITLAB
• Software Defined Radio

Responsibilities:

• Configure programming environments and tools (python environments, UHD, containers) to allow for collaborative coding and software transfers
• Design and set-up digital signal processing blocks on GPUs based on models and MATLAB code
• Design production ready code for software transfers
• Develop both local and web-based GUIs
• Report internally via verbal and written methods

Required Skills:

• Experience developing and testing real-time processing blocks on GPUs with C/CUDA
• Experience with programming and scripting languages: Python, C/C++, and Bash
• Experience writing GUIs and/or user applications
• Experience working on a Linux platform
• Familiarity with VNCs and containerization
• Experience using AI tools (AI Agents etc) to assist with Software Development
• Bachelor's Degree in STEM field
• Microsoft Office

Preferred Skills:

• Understanding of RF digital communication systems and digital signal processing
• Experience with MATLAB for signal processing and debugging code/applications
• Experience with Ettus USRPs (X310s, X410s) or similar software defined radios as well as their associated software (RFNoC, UHD, GNU)
• Experience programming Ettus USRP's Xilinx FPGAs
• Experience with version control software such as Git or GitLab

Work Location: Candidate should expect to be onsite 2-3 days with the remaining days remote

Clearance Level: Interim clearance is sufficient for start

Interview process: first round will be a zoom technical screening, second round interview will be in person. Team will consider a second round zoom for a candidate that is relocating but local candidates should plan to be onsite.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.