ATE Systems Engineer

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited; Franklin (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Prescription Coverage

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

PTO

Unrivalled progression opportunities

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited is seeking an experienced Systems Engineer with a defense electronics background for a hands-on role in Franklin, North Carolina. You will design, integrate, troubleshoot, and sustain advanced ATE systems used in radar, RF, avionics, and military electronics projects.

Join a growing defense electronics business supporting production, depot repair, and legacy system sustainment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in radar, RF, electronics, or test systems engineering.
• Hands‑on ATE, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, RF instrumentation, or automated test experience.
• U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and integrate ATE systems for radar, RF, avionics, and electronic assemblies.
• Integrate instrumentation and support automated testing using LabVIEW, TestStand, Python, C#, or similar.
• Troubleshoot hardware, software, and system interfaces across new and legacy test systems.
• Support depot repair, production testing, verification, obsolescence mitigation, and system sustainment.

Skills

Radar

RF engineering

Avionics

Defense electronics

ATE

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

LabVIEW

TestStand

Python

C#

Job description

Systems Engineer - Defense Electronics

$120k-$150k + Unrivalled Progression Opportunities + Medical + Prescription Coverage + Dental + Vision, Life insurance + PTO

Franklin, North Carolina (commutable from: Waynesville, Union, Prentiss, Burnington, Elijay)

Are you an experienced ATE, Test, or Systems Engineer with a background in radar, RF, avionics, or defense electronics looking for a hands‑on role where you can design, integrate, troubleshoot, and sustain advanced test systems?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing defense electronics business supporting radar, RF, avionics, and military electronic systems. You'll work across hardware, software, instrumentation, and system interfaces, playing a key role in developing new automated test capabilities while supporting production, depot repair, and legacy system sustainment.

This is not a paper-based engineering role. You'll be hands‑on with ATE architecture, COTS instrumentation, automated test software, system bring‑up, fault isolation, calibration, and troubleshooting, working across multiple technically challenging programs.

You will be responsible for developing ATE architectures, integrating test instrumentation, supporting automated test software, troubleshooting deployed systems, and driving improvements across active defense programs.

This role would suit an ATE Engineer, Test Engineer, Systems Engineer, or Electronics Engineer with strong experience in automated test, RF/radar systems, or defense electronics.

The Role:

• Develop and integrate ATE systems for radar, RF, avionics, and electronic assemblies


• Integrate instrumentation and support automated testing using LabVIEW, TestStand, Python, C#, or similar


• Troubleshoot hardware, software, and system interfaces across new and legacy test systems


• Support depot repair, production testing, verification, obsolescence mitigation, and system sustainment

The Candidate:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related field


• Experience in radar, RF, electronics, or test systems engineering


• Hands‑on ATE, hardware‑in‑the‑loop, RF instrumentation, or automated test experience


• U.S. Citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain a DoD security clearance

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.