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Datacept

AI Founding Engineer – RF Machine Learning, SIGINT

Datacept

. Serve as founding engineer for RF machine learning at Datacept .

Posted 10/2/2026full-timeHamburg • GermanyMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and deploying machine learning systems, particularly in RF and signal-centric domains, with a strong foundation in self-supervised learning and mathematical problem formulation. Capable of leading architectural decisions and integrating diverse data sources while adapting to dynamic work environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Machine Learning System DevelopmentSelf-Supervised LearningSignal Processing FundamentalsArchitectural Decision-MakingData Pipeline Integration

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Hard Skills
Machine LearningModel TrainingData Pipeline DevelopmentMathematical Problem FormulationPrototype DevelopmentSignal ProcessingI/Q RepresentationSpectrum SensingModulation RecognitionEmbedded Systems
Soft Skills
AdaptabilityTeam BuildingCommunicationProblem-SolvingIndependence
Tools & Technologies
Edge HardwareData PlatformsField TrialsReal-World TestingFeedback Loops
Industry Keywords
Electronic WarfareCognitive CoreRF Machine LearningSignal-Centric MLTechnological Sovereignty

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Serve as founding engineer for RF machine learning at Datacept
  • Take responsibility for the cognitive core of electronic warfare systems
  • Design and train models from raw I/Q recordings for detection, classification, and emitter understanding
  • Research and implement machine-learning methods from other domains to improve data pipelines
  • Define evaluation approaches, including test sets, metrics, and real-world scenarios involving domain shift and interference
  • Develop compact, deployable expert models for edge hardware
  • Continuously test pipelines in real-world conditions and use feedback to improve them
  • Integrate new data sources into the data platform
  • Set the direction for RF machine learning and make architectural decisions
  • Work directly with the founders and build the team as the company grows
  • Stay connected to hardware, founders, customers, field sites, and deployments

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Experience building and shipping ML systems that people depend on, preferably on signal-like data: audio, time series, sensor streams, images, video, or RF
  • Strong understanding of self-supervised learning and ability to explain why methods work
  • Strong mathematical fundamentals and comfort formulating problems before solving them
  • Ability to take work from idea to prototype to deployed model independently
  • Ability to work with few fixed structures and changing priorities
  • Preparedness for the intensity of a founding role, including long and unconventional working hours, field trials, and deployments
  • Desire to contribute to Europe's technological sovereignty
  • Helpful but not required: prior work in RF or signal-centric ML, including spectrum sensing, modulation recognition, SIGINT, or EW
  • Helpful but not required: self-built software or hardware projects
  • Helpful but not required: signal processing basics, including sampling, spectral analysis, I/Q representation, SDR, communications engineering, or embedded systems
  • Helpful but not required: publications, open-source work, or production architectures

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Possibility to contribute to strengthening Europe's sovereignty
  • Virtual shares (VSOP) as part of the founding engineer package
  • A development and compensation roadmap that we define together and that grows with the company
  • Remote work with full mobile equipment
  • A workplace at both locations: Hamburg HafenCity (HQ) and Horneburg (R&D)
  • Access to real RF data, real hardware, and real deployments