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About the Role
As a Senior Mesh Network and MAC Engineer, you will solve the critical challenges of directional wireless communication in highly dynamic networks. You will design and implement the medium access control (MAC) and routing layers that allow our platforms to form robust, self-healing networks under demanding tactical conditions.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement MAC protocols and routing algorithms tailored for directional multi-node systems, directly tackling the challenge of neighbour discovery under highly focused, narrow beams.
- Build dynamic TDMA schedules and beam coordination mechanisms in lockstep with the physical layer (PHY) and antenna steering systems, ensuring routing decisions are grounded in real-time RF characteristics rather than simple hop counts.
- Deliver resilient multi-hop relay capabilities that sustain high-bandwidth video and control links between mobile platforms over tactical distances, routing back seamlessly to ground control stations under dynamic conditions.
- Build and maintain multi-node Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testbeds alongside automated logging pipelines to quantitatively evaluate and verify network join times and topology reform behaviours.
- Mesh networking in a product that shipped — sim work alone does not qualify — plus Linux networking at kernel and packet level with live debugging.
- Radio-literate and has designed a medium-access scheme or TDMA schedule.
Requirements
- Successfully designed and shipped mesh networking protocols in commercial or defence products.
- Deep, practical familiarity with the Linux networking stack at the kernel and packet levels, coupled with strong live-debugging skills on embedded systems.
- Strong understanding of wireless propagation and physical layer realities, with hands-on experience designing medium-access control schemes or TDMA schedulers.
- Active contributions to open-source routing protocols (e.g., batman-adv, olsrd, Babel).
- A professional background at tactical mesh vendors (such as Silvus, Persistent Systems, TrellisWare, Saab, or Bittium).
- Experience with mmWave backhaul systems or other technologies where directional beamforming is the default mode of operation.
- Batman-adv / olsrd / Babel contributor; tactical mesh vendor background (Silvus, Persistent, TrellisWare, Saab, Bittium); mmWave backhaul — already thinks in beams.
Skills
- Mesh networking
- Linux networking stack
- Kernel level networking
- Packet level networking
- Live debugging
- Embedded systems
- Wireless propagation
- Physical layer realities
- Medium-access control schemes
- TDMA schedulers
- Directional wireless communication
- MAC protocols
- Routing algorithms
- Neighbour discovery
- Beam coordination
- Multi-hop relay
- High-bandwidth video links
- Control links
- Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testbeds
- Automated logging pipelines
- mmWave backhaul systems
- Directional beamforming
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
About the Company
- STARK is a defence technology company redefining the engineering and deployment of autonomous platforms.
- Our core mission is to deliver fully operational unmanned systems, integrating the critical subsystems, including Electronic Warfare, necessary for NATO forces to maintain a decisive advantage in contested environments.
- We do whatever is required to achieve platform autonomy, grounded in precision, responsibility, and uncompromising engineering discipline.
- We are a lean, agile group with a strong systems-minded focus.
- We operate without silos, looking for proactive engineers who are excited to take mathematical models off the whiteboard and deploy them onto physical hardware.
- On our Electronic Warfare algorithms team, you will bridge the gap between theoretical signal processing and real-world hardware execution, taking direct ownership of key software and firmware modules.
Equal Opportunity
- Due to the nature of our work in the defence sector, candidates must be eligible to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance required for this position. Details will be provided during the recruitment process.
- We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.