R&D Sonar Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced R&D Sonar Engineer to lead the technical activities and teams involved in the development of sonar and underwater acoustic products for the recreational fishing sonar industry. The ideal candidate will be responsible for directing the implementation of new features and enhancements while maintaining scalability, supportability, and time-to-market.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of new technologies and complex projects in collaboration with leadership
- Manage timelines and deliverables, communicate with key stakeholders, and troubleshoot project issues and concerns
- Provide guidance to the project team and track key performance indicators to show progress and goal achievement against plans
- Perform technical analysis, software, hardware, and signal processing algorithms design, coding, prototyping, testing, debugging, and modification of complex sonar systems
- Define both functional and technical requirements to facilitate design, development, testing, and implementation
- Develop methodologies, tools, and interfaces to facilitate testing and debugging of new projects and products
- Prepare, coordinate, and execute comprehensive test plans for evaluation and testing of sonar systems and subsystems during different project stages
- Interact with a variety of internal teams to define system or application requirements and capture them in appropriate documentation
- Investigate and analyze the current state of technology in the sonar and underwater acoustics fields to develop new technologies and enhance existing ones
- Proactively monitor, identify, isolate, and resolve problems to avoid impact on the business
- Prepare technical documentation and provide written, concise proposals and recommendations
- Identify and implement improvements for software, hardware, and signal processing algorithms design and test processes
- Perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in development of software, hardware, or signal processing algorithms in the field of sonars, acoustics, non-destructive-testing, or similar fields
- Experience with fixed point arithmetic programming, Phased Array and Beamforming Algorithms, acoustic or sonar instrumentation and applications, and translating functional requirements into system design specifications
- Experience of having developed a commercialized Phased Array Multibeam Sonar
- Solid understanding and hands-on experience in Digital Signal Processing concepts and algorithms
- Verilog or VHDL programming experience of Signal Processing algorithms in FPGAs
- Solid programming skills in C/C++ language
- Proficiency in MATLAB programming
- Hands-on experience designing, programming, and debugging Embedded systems interfacing with analog sensor instrumentation
- Excellent technical project management skills to ensure successful completion and balancing of conflicting project priorities
- Skills in managing the complete lifecycle of large, complex multi-phase/multi-dimensional enterprise-wide projects
- Ability to complete risk assessments, capacity planning, and budget forecasting
- Strong interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills to effectively communicate with all levels throughout the organization and external vendors, strong customer service orientation, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to drive for results.
This position can be located in Alpharetta, GA, or Eufala, AL. Stellar candidates may be able to work remotely with occasional travel.