Embedded DSP Software Engineer – Software Defined Radio

Company: Sivara GmbH
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Location: Stevenage
Job Description:

Salary: £84,000 – 84,000 per year

Requirements

  • Experience of Digital Signal Processing
  • Experience of the C Programming Language
  • Experience of testing software products for ARM-based multi-core processing platforms
  • Experience of communications protocols (e.g., SPI, UART, Ethernet, PCI-Express)
  • Experience of DOORS
  • Experience of test tools and techniques in both host and target environments
  • Experience of test tools such as LDRA or equivalent for host testing
  • Experience in model-based development, either in SysML/UML
  • Knowledge of Real Time Operating Systems such as PikeOS or FreeRTOS
  • Understanding of real-time embedded data handling mechanisms such as DMA, interrupts, and shared memory
  • Exposure to wireless modulation or waveform processing concepts (desirable)
  • Experience working with FPGA or SDR-based embedded systems (desirable)

Responsibilities

  • Develop, integrate, and test embedded software
  • Produce test requirements and test scripts for Unit, Subsystem, and System level testing on both host and target platforms
  • Run tests, analyze results, and use target test facilities such as debuggers, probes, logic analyzers, and oscilloscopes
  • Document and design work in UML
  • Integrate software components with ARM multi-core platforms, FPGA subsystems, and RF transceiver interfaces
  • Support real-time TX/RX data processing, buffering, and performance optimization on embedded targets
  • Contribute to system integration and verification of Software Defined Radio (SDR) datalink capability

Technologies

  • ARM
  • Embedded
  • Ethernet
  • FPGA
  • FreeRTOS
  • Support
  • UML
  • Mobile

More

We are a world-class defence organization based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, looking to recruit an Embedded DSP Software Engineer for a 6‑month contract with potential for extension. Our dynamic software team is dedicated to developing, testing, and delivering innovative solutions using a broad range of software technologies. We offer a supportive working environment with the possibility of a compressed 4‑day work week and hybrid/remote options for tasks that allow it. Join us and contribute to cutting‑edge projects in the aerospace and defence sector.

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Posted: June 21st, 2026