Electronic Warfare Systems Engineer – RF & SIGINT

Sigma Defense Systems LLC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental and Vision Insurance

Medical Insurance with HSA/FSA/DFSA

Life and AD&D coverage

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

401(k) Plan with Company Matching

Paid Time Off with Holidays

Job summary

Sigma Defense Systems LLC seeks an Electronic Warfare Systems Engineer in Huntsville to lead end-to-end EW system engineering for DoD programs. You will oversee RF systems, signal processing, hardware integration, and verification across multi-disciplinary teams to prototype, test, and field advanced EW capabilities.

The role requires experience across RF architectures, SDRs, embedded computing, and lab/field testing, with a focus on safe, capable, and secure DoD solutions. U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Systems Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• 4-6 years of experience designing or integrating RF or EW systems.
• Experience supporting DoD acquisition programs.
• Strong understanding of Systems Engineering processes.
• Experience developing technical documentation.
• Experience integrating complex hardware and software systems.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.

Responsibilities

• Lead the systems engineering lifecycle from concept development through production and fielding.
• Develop and maintain system requirements, ICDs, and verification plans.
• Perform requirements decomposition, allocation, and traceability.
• Develop system architectures, block diagrams, and technical baselines.
• Design and integrate RF, communications, EA/ES/EP systems; integrate SDRs and RF hardware.
• Support schematic development, PCB integration, and hardware packaging.
• Develop CONOPS and operational employment concepts.
• Participate in SRR, PDR, CDR, TRR, and PRR reviews.
• Develop and execute verification and validation plans.
• Conduct laboratory integration and troubleshooting.
• Support environmental, EMI/EMC, thermal, and RF performance testing.
• Analyze RF performance metrics (gain, NF, harmonics, intermodulation).
• Develop production documentation and manufacturing travelers.

Skills

RF Systems

Systems Engineering

Signal Processing

Hardware Integration

Test & Evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Systems Engineering or Physics

Tools

Python

MATLAB

C/C++

LabVIEW

Linux

Windows

Git

IBM DOORS/Jama

Job description

Sigma Defense Systems LLC seeks an Electronic Warfare Systems Engineer in Huntsville to lead end-to-end EW system engineering for DoD programs. You will oversee RF systems, signal processing, hardware integration, and verification across multi-disciplinary teams to prototype, test, and field advanced EW capabilities.

The role requires experience across RF architectures, SDRs, embedded computing, and lab/field testing, with a focus on safe, capable, and secure DoD solutions. U.S.