[Tccc] Job offer: Software defined radio expert engineer
Guillaume Villemaud
guillaume.villemaud
Fri Feb 10 05:43:05 EST 2012
Job title: Software defined radio engineer for SNOW (Smart Wireless Node)
INRIA SOCRATE Team, CITI Lab, INSA-Lyon, France.
Contract duration 12 month - renewable one time
Begining ASAP
Income Between 2500 and 3000 euros gross / month depending on experience
Required diplomas Master degree + 2 years of experience or PhD
Context
INRIA is a research center in the field of information and communication
sciences. 3600 people work in its facilities located in 7 states in France. Grenoble
research center has about 600 employees and 30 research teams.
The SOCRATE research team works in wireless communication, from the PHY
layer (propagation, antennas) to the MAC protocols and dedicated wireless
communications. It has also activities in the programming of mobile embedded
systems: microcontrollers, DSP and FPGA.
The SNOW research project aims at specifying what a ?smart node? would be in
the scope of the emerging Internet of things. Such a node is typically an
intermediate machine between a sensor (used in wireless sensor network to
collect data) and smartphones, which is almost a small computer now. Smart
nodes should be able to adapt their communication to their environment, thus
leveraging the use the software-defined radio.
SNOW?s objectives include the handling of a radio node (an SDR node such as
the Perseus/Radio420X from Lyrtech, http://www.lyrtech.com), the development
on this node of simple wireless protocols (Wifi, Zigbee), the development of a
software defined radio application and the deployment of that application in a
cognitive radio platform under construction in Lyon.
The work will be done in collaboration with the CAIRN team in Lannion (north
of France), which has experience in the development of PHY layer and signal
processing on FPGA.
The engineer will be integrated to the CITI laboratory, in the SOCRATE research
team and will have to work in close relation with the FIT (Future Internet of
Things) engineer team.
Mission
The engineer will have first to evaluate and choose a hardware/software platform
for the radio node, and then to develop wireless communication protocols on that
platform. Along with the engineer in Lannion, he will also specify what a smart
node should be, and develop software-defined radio application.
In the second year, this work will be integrated in the Cortexlab (Cogntive Radio
Testbed Experimentation Lab) testbed. In Lyon, with the handling of remote
programming and configuration.
Activities
The engineer will have a development task in a research team, which will include
the following activities:
? Embedded software and FPGA programming: conception, coding, tests,
documentation, and experimentations.
? Technical decision making (node hardware architecture, protocols,
development tools, etc.) along with team member and scientific head.
? Regular trips to Lannion to support the collaboration with CAIRN team.
Skills
? Master degree with work experience or PhD in one of the following fields:
computer science, signal processing, embedded systems.
? Programming languages: C, VHDL, Java.
? FPGA programming with ISE or equivalent.
? Matlab / simulink.
? Linux administration
? Radio skills: signal processing, PHY layer protocols, digital modulations,.
? Fluent English
? Good writing skills
? Appreciated skills: French speaking, OFDM modulation, software-defined
radio, and implementation of protocols on FPGA.
Contacts
Contact person: Tanguy Risset
tanguy.risset at insa-lyon.fr
For administrative issues, please contact Aur?lia Mouton
aurelia.mouton at inria.fr
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Guillaume VILLEMAUD, PhD
Associate professor - CITI Laboratory
International Exchange Coordinator- Electrical Engineering Department INSA Lyon, bat. Claude Chappe
6 avenue des Arts
69621 Villeurbanne cedex (France)
Tel : (33) 4 72 43 60 67
Fax : (33) 4 72 43 62 27
Email : guillaume.villemaud at insa-lyon.fr
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