Careers - Skylark Wireless

Want to join the Skylark team?

At Skylark Wireless, we are always looking for talented individuals that share our passion for building the future landscape of digital infrastructure. We value smart, agile, and self-driven team members with the ability to work in a small, intimate team to tackle challenging research and engineering problems.

If you join our team, you will be involved in the implementation and validation of proprietary MIMO technologies for the nascent rural broadband market utilizing custom Software-Defined Radio (SDR) equipment. On a day-to-day basis, you will work with our proprietary Xilinx FPGA-based platform and have the flexibility to define your own workflow and tools based on project requirements. You will assist other engineers with the specification and testing of new, innovative MIMO protocols and be involved with the development of patents and hardware integration for state-of-the-art wireless systems.

Roles

Here are a few examples of roles we are looking to fill at our offices in Houston, TX. Please reach out to us if you think you are a good fit for our company, even if you don’t see an exact match in our list of roles. We are a startup, and we all wear many hats. Your skills and expertise may be exactly what we need.

Wireless DSP Engineer
Embedded Software Engineer
Software Engineer
Electronics Design Engineer

Internships

Skylark holds fully paid, in-person, and full-time internships for technical students of all degrees (B.S., M.S., Ph.D. and backgrounds). Our interns embed with our engineering teams for 9-12 weeks and gain hand-on experience with the full range of 5G/6G wireless product development from hardware, firmware, software, algorithms, manufacturing, and business operations while completing a technical project. Our internships are issued on a rolling basis for all seasons: spring, fall, and summer, and slots typically fill 6 months in advance, so submit your resume today!

Instructions

Please type the below URL into your browser to access our automated application system (it is not a button). Please upload a cover letter as well as your resume and any required information. Any additional information may be sent to jobs@skylarkwireless.com, but due to high volumes, applications not uploaded to the website listed below will NOT be considered.

About Us

We are a wireless networking hardware startup headquartered in the vibrant heart of Houston, TX, specializing in Software-Defined Radios (SDR) and wireless beamforming or “Massive-MIMO” technologies for 5G wireless systems. Originally founded in 2012 by Ph.D. colleagues in order to provide custom software-defined radio equipment for research and development, today we design and manufacture 5G/Next-G radio solutions, addressing the needs of the rural broadband market.

Skylark’s proprietary Faros® last-mile radio platform provides high-speed, point-to-multi-point (PtMP), non-line-of-sight (NLoS) links over tens of miles using patented Massive-MIMO technologies first developed at Rice University. Skylark is pre-Series A and funded through a mix of sales, seed investment, and federal grants. With your help, we will be bringing our next-generation Faros Massive MIMO system to market in the Texas region and beyond.

Requirements

Skylark is an e-Verify company, and applicants MUST be authorized to work in the United States.
Skylark is a government contractor and application are REQUIRED to submit to a routine background check.

Wireless DSP Engineer

We are looking for an experienced developer with an intimate understanding of FPGA programming and DSP architectures for wireless communications to implement and test embedded DSP algorithms for a 5G massive MIMO wireless communications network stack. You will be responsible for implementing core HDL IP blocks within our system and integrating them with hardware and software components.

Skills & Qualifications

Degree in electrical or computer engineering (Ph.D./Master’s/Bachelor’s)
Industry experience with wireless systems
Working knowledge of radio physics and algorithms related to OFDMA and digital beamforming
Intimate knowledge of wireless communications PHY and MAC layers
Ability to design and execute wireless tests and experiments involving software-defined radios (e.g. GNURadio, WARP)
LTE (4G, 5G) protocol knowledge
Verilog/VHDL, embedded C/C++, MATLAB, Xilinx Vivado, Xilinx ISE, Linux, Python, LTE (4G, 5G) protocol simulation and implementation
Wireless beamforming and radio physics
Ability to troubleshoot/debug Linux-based embedded systems
Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Embedded Software Developer

We are looking for an experienced Linux embedded software developer with an intimate understanding of multicore and bare-metal optimization to implement and test server-based wireless DSP algorithms for a wireless communications network stack. You’ll also work closely with architects, software developers, and technicians to ensure we continue to deliver high-quality, robust hardware and software solutions.

Skills & Qualifications

Degree in electrical or computer engineering (Ph.D./Master’s/Bachelor’s)
Industry experience with wireless systems
Intimate knowledge of wireless communications PHY and MAC layers
Ability to design and execute wireless tests and experiments involving software-defined radios (e.g. GNURadio, WARP)
Verilog/VHDL, embedded C/C++, MATLAB, Xilinx Vivado, Xilinx ISE, Linux, Python, LTE (4G, 5G) protocol simulation and implementation
Ability to troubleshoot/debug Linux-based embedded systems
Experience with using online collaboration tools and version control like Git
Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Software Engineer

We are looking for a software developer who likes programming in C/C++/Python and is comfortable interfacing with embedded developers and technicians, working with electronics, participating in design reviews, and helping with customer demos. If you have a strong interest in wireless systems and helping to create a robust, secure, well-tested system, you could be a perfect fit for this role.

Skills & Qualifications

Degree in electrical or computer engineering (Ph.D./Master’s/Bachelor’s)
Proficiency programming and testing C/C++/Python in a Linux environment
Strong interest in wireless systems and electronics
Experience bringing up new embedded systems and debugging new products
Ability to troubleshoot/debug Linux-based embedded systems
Experience with using online collaboration tools and version control like Git
Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Electronics Design Engineer

We are looking for both entry-level engineers with a passion for circuit design who want to build a career in the cutting-edge 5G wireless space, as well as industry veterans that will take a leadership role in our hardware design and manufacturing team. As part of a small, agile team, you will work alongside our experienced hardware design engineers to draft product requirements, capture design schematics and select components, perform physical PCB design and layout, handoff designs to manufacturing, and finally bring up and troubleshoot new products. You will work with mechanical, software, and test engineering teams to co-design your systems for volume manufacturability and robust outdoor reliability.

Skills & Qualifications

Degree in electrical or computer engineering (Ph.D./Master’s/Bachelor’s)
Intimate knowledge of electronic circuit design and implementation
Familiarity with 4G/5G or Wi-Fi radio systems
Familiarity with microwave system design and high-speed PCB layout, signal integrity
Intimate understanding of serial communications protocols, power system design, basic electronic components
Altium Designer, Xilinx ISE/Vivado, Altera Quartus, Python, C/C++ experience
Experience bringing up new embedded systems and debugging new products
Ability to troubleshoot/debug Linux-based embedded systems
Experience with using online collaboration tools and version control like Git
Excellent communication and collaboration skills