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Sr. System Engineer Architect
Fremont, CA

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TCI International Inc. has been a world leader in the design and manufacture of state-of-the-art, turnkey systems for radio spectrum monitoring and management, radio direction finding, and communications intelligence collection applications. TCI was founded in 1968 and has approximately 100 employees. TCI is a whole owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation.

Summary

TCI is looking for a senior system architect to actively participate in the development of radio frequency signal acquisition, geolocation and analysis systems used for spectrum monitoring and communications intelligence purposes. This person will apply their strong applied mathematics background, knowledge of radio frequency communications and signal processing techniques, software and hardware development skills to meeting signal detection, parameter measurement, direction finding and geolocation challenges facing spectrum regulators and intelligence organizations around the globe. Specifically, this person will develop system architectures using TCI's existing technical base along with new development work that will satisfy both customer specific and market generic requirements. As part of the system development process, this person will create embedded software incorporating new and/or modified proprietary algorithms and techniques for implementation on proprietary hardware aimed at improving and expanding our product offering. Duties will include providing technical assistance to other engineering departments, customers and to the marketing and sales department.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

* Develop a deep understanding of TCI's signal processing, direction finding and geolocation techniques and become a key contributor to architecting improvements and new features for our products.
* Modify existing software and/or develop new software to implement improvements or add new features to our systems. Support testing and analysis of new hardware and software performance up to the system level.
* Support other engineering groups by becoming the "go to" expert on the functionality and performance of our proprietary algorithms and techniques. Foster a broader understanding of our techniques and capabilities among other engineers.
* Provide technical support to our marketing and sales department by evaluating how we can meet new customer requirements in a competitive market. Develop whitepaper level written technical descriptions of our capabilities to support our marketing efforts and participate in the proposal generation process.
* Stay current with new technology and techniques that apply to our product space as well as competitors capabilities.
* Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:

Knowledge required:

* MSEE or MSCS with emphasis on RF communication systems or signal analysis and 4+ years of experience in signal processing system development and deployment on production hardware, or BSEE or BSCS with emphasis on RF communication systems or signal analysis and 7+ years of experience in signal processing system development and deployment on production hardware
* Experience with Linux and Windows 7/8, also prefer familiarity with Microsoft TFS
* Experience developing, testing and deploying systems that use RF receivers
* Must be a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident

Abilities and Skills Required:

* Should be technically curious and have a strong desire to understand and solve complex signal receiving and analysis problems
* Ability to analyze high-level system requirements and derive logical hardware and/or software modules, block and flow diagrams etc. leading to implementation on our systems to meet the high level requirements.
* Ability to develop C++ code in Microsoft Visual Studio and Eclipse environments to produce multi-threaded near real time applications. Apply Object Oriented Design and Analysis.
* Ability to develop and execute test plans and scenarios to validate system functionality and performance. Ability to use common test equipment to generate test signals and monitor system performance.
* Ability to communicate complex algorithms and techniques to colleagues and customers who lack a strong mathematical background.
* Good technical writing and presentation skills
* Ability to work on cross functional teams to investigate and solve system issues
* Ability to work in a fast paced environment with multiple projects running concurrently

For more than 45 years, TCI has been a market leader in the development of innovative, high-performance communications, spectrum monitoring and signals intelligence systems. TCI's diverse experience delivers proven solutions for regulatory compliance, monitoring and security, and communications intelligence applications. With advanced spectrum mapping and analytics, data recording capabilities and precision geolocation technology, TCI systems provide vital data for government and military agencies in more than 100 countries worldwide.

SPX is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, or any other reason prohibited by applicable law.

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