Principal Engineer - Networks

External Job Description

About KATIM

KATIM is a leader in the development of innovative secure communication products and solutions for governments and businesses. As part of the Space & Cyber Technologies cluster at EDGE, one of the world’s leading advanced technology groups, KATIM delivers trust in a world where cyber risks are a constant threat, and fulfils the increasing demand for advanced cyber capabilities by delivering robust, secure, end-to-end solutions centered on four core business units: Networks, Ultra Secure Mobile Devices, Applications, and Satellite Communications. Our talented team of cross functional experts continually takes-on new challenges. We work with the energy of a start-up yet the discipline of a large business to make solutions and products work for our customers at scale.

In this role as Principal Engineer – Network Prototyping, you will design, develop, execute, and demonstrate early product prototypes, based on customer requirements/use cases, and provide support to other team members to ensure compliance to time-frame, quality, and cost targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and evaluate early prototypes to meet performance specifications.
• Work with testing teams to ensure proper testing of the prototypes is undertaken all customer requirements are met.
• Perform functional and preliminary code-based unit testing and provide feedback for architects
• Quick and iterative development of networking functionalities for assessment across different hardware platforms and setups.
• Design and develop networking features for variable networking conditions
• Architect and implement end-to-end networking solutions
• Integrate different existing components efficiently
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of full system behavior and to come up with innovative approaches to optimize the system
• To be able to mentor senior engineers
• Setup demos and environments for protocol testing and demos for customers
• Produce clear and concise developer notes and actively participate in prototyping activities
• Work with cross-functional teams and share knowledge with relevant stakeholders
• Support teams on networking activities for modems and other networking products
• Analyze and resolve issues related to networking in prototypes.
  
  

• Master’s degree/ PhD in Telecommunications, Computer science, Electronics Engineering or equivalent
• 10-15 years of experience in networking, prototyping, and development.
  
  

• Strong understanding of TCP/IP, routing, switching, Linux networking, C/C++ and Python.
• Experience with prototyping, simulators and setting up demos.
• Proficiency in understanding networking concepts, and equipment, such as traffic generators, modems, routers, network analyzers, etc.
• Fast coding across languages
• Experience in presenting demos to customers.
• Strong analytical and thinking out-of-the-box skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to work well in a team-oriented environment.
• End-to-end system level reasoning
• Mentoring senior engineers