Key Responsibilities:

System Architecture:

• Communications + Video (End-to-End)

• Design the target communication architecture for the NRC:

• Main digital broadband channel (mesh/broadband radio) for video + data

• Backup control channel based on ELRS (ExpressLRS) (or agreed equivalent)

• Switching/degradation logic: video degrades first, control survives longest

• Define requirements for airborne (on NRC) and ground (Operator Control Unit) components, including interfaces and compatibility.

  RF Engineering & Wireless Optimization

• Selection of bands, channel parameters (frequencies, bandwidth, modulation/coding, power).

• Antenna solutions: types, platform placement, MIMO/diversity, cables/connectors, losses and EMI.

• Link budget, coverage planning, multipath/building/terrain work.

• Ensuring stable operation in conditions of interference and mutual interference between systems (video/control/GNSS).

  Digital Communications (Packet-based)

• Configuration and optimization of digital channels:

• latency/jitter/packet loss

• QoS / traffic prioritization (control > telemetry > video)

• FEC / retransmission strategies (where applicable)

• Support and integration of IP/non-IP solutions (depending on the stack).

  Video System on UGV: Capture → Encode → Transport → Decode → Display

• Responsibility for video as a system on the NRC:

• camera requirements (type, placement, field of view, protection, interfaces)

• selection/configuration of encoding (HW/SW), bitrates, profiles, GOP, low-latency modes

• degradation policy (adaptive bitrate / fallback stream / reduced fps/resolution)

• Providing target metrics:

• video stability during movement

• acceptable latency

• Collaboration with embedded/software on video integration into UI/OCU and logging.

  EW / Jam-resilience (taking into account the real field)

• Design and test the system behavior during EW:

• frequency strategies, hopping (where applicable)

• redundancy and degradation profiles

• “recovery” scenarios after link loss

• Provide safe fail-safe modes in case of partial/complete loss of communication.

  Documentation & Lifecycle Support

• Preparation and support of:

• RF schematics, frequency plans, configuration profiles

• antenna/camera/cable layouts

• setup instructions (production + field)

• Certification/codification materials package (within your domain).

  Key Competencies & Skills:

• RF / Wireless Core

• PHY/MAC, modulation, spectrum, link budget, antenna theory, EMI/EMC basics.

• Practice with digital radio systems (broadband/mesh, low-latency links).

• Digital Communications

• Packet loss / jitter / latency trade-offs, QoS, FEC/ARQ, throughput tuning.

• Basic understanding of IP networking (routing/bridging) is sufficient for integration.

• Video Systems (for NRC)

• Basics of video pipeline: capture → encode → transport → decode → display.

• Understanding the impact of bitrate/codec/encoding parameters on latency and robustness.

• Setting up low-latency profiles and degradation policies.

• Field & System Mindset

• Ability to work in the field, plan tests, collect data, and make engineering conclusions.

• Systems thinking: “communication + video + platform + operator = one system”.

• Documentation & Process

• Discipline of documentation, standardization of configurations, clear acceptance criteria.

• Ability to create materials that can be repeated in production and in the field.

  Language Requirements:

• Ukrainian - fluent

• English - Upper-Intermediate (B2) or higher

  Values Alignment:

• Mission-first mindset and focus on platform stability

• Responsibility for core RF solutions and their implications

• Orientation to standards and intended operation

• Willingness to work with complex system tasks

• Clear and substantive interaction with adjacent engineering teams

• What Success Looks Like After 6 Months:

  After 6 months Ark has a reliable, repeatable communication and video system for a medium-sized logistics NRC:

• Stable link + clear fallback

• The main digital broadband channel stably transmits video+data in typical application scenarios.

• The backup ELRS channel provides control in case of degradation/loss of the main channel.

• The switching/degradation works predictably: video degrades in a controlled manner, control is maintained.

• Measured performance

• There are approved metrics and benchmarks: latency, range, recovery time, video stability.

• There are standardized field test scenarios and protocols with telemetry/logs.

• Production-ready state