Opportunity: Embedded Systems Design for RF Detector Systems

Opportunity Number:

ARL-SRP-00064

Opportunity Location:

Adelphi, MD

Opportunity Description:

Support embedded systems design for RF detector systems that implement spectrum sensing and direction finding capabilities. Depending on skill level and prior experience, participant may develop embedded code on single board computers to interface with external peripherals, code for software defined radios, and perform some RF testing. Experience with Python and some knowledge of RF is preferred.

Opportunity Skill Set:

Communication and Networking Technologies, Electrical Engineering

Opportunity Host Facility

DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL)

Multiple Locations Across the Country

The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory (DEVCOM ARL), as an integral part of the Army Futures Command, is the U.S Army’s foundational research laboratory that has the mission of operationalizing science. The DEVCOM ARL mission essential task of foundational research has the objective to conduct research and reconnaissance to inform future Army science, technology, and engineering and invest in areas that ensure overmatch. DEVCOM ARL executes research in 11 competencies that provide the Army foundational expertise and specialized capabilities grounded in scientific excellence and driven by unique Army challenges. These competencies are: Biological and Biotechnology Sciences; Electromagnetic Spectrum Sciences; Energy Sciences, Humans in Complex Systems; Mechanical Sciences; Military Information Sciences; Network, Cyber, and Computational Sciences; Photonics, Electronics, and Quantum Sciences; Sciences of Extreme Materials; Terminal Effects; and Weapons Sciences.

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