Lead RF Engineer: DSP/SDR & Embedded Security

Trusted Concepts, Inc.; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 216,000 - 324,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life and disability insurance

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Tuition assistance and professional发展

Job summary

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Principal Radio Frequency Engineer to join the Embedded Security Research team. You will lead DSP/SDR system design, reverse engineer RF protocols, and architect solutions for embedded security programs.

Ideal candidates have DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, 9+ years in DSP/SDR/RF reverse engineering, and hands-on Linux SDR experience with COTS platforms and RF test equipment. You will mentor engineers and contribute to proposals and white papers.

Qualifications

• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics with 9+ years in DSP, SDR, and RF reverse engineering.
• Proven capability to serve as a technical lead, including mentoring staff, guiding deliverables, and contributing to technical sections of proposals.
• Demonstrated experience reverse engineering complex RF protocols and COTS devices, deriving transmission parameters, generating custom waveforms, and decoding PRN codes.
• Extensive hands-on experience implementing custom SDR solutions on COTS platforms in Linux, executing modulation schemes (FSK, PSK, QAM), and RF test equipment validation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical planning, architectural design, and software execution for advanced DSP/SDR systems supporting embedded security research programs.
• Provide subject matter expertise and mentorship to cross-functional engineering staff while solving challenges in communications, signal collection, and electronic warfare.
• Reverse engineer complex COTS devices and RF protocols, isolate PRN codes, and synthesize custom RF waveforms to generate simulated signals.
• Guide lab build-outs, define software toolchains, select SDR platforms, and validate generated signals using RF test equipment.
• Contribute to project scheduling, budget preparation, and business development by leading technical sections for proposals and white papers.

Skills

DSP

SDR development

RF reverse engineering

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineering staff

Proposal writing

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics

Tools

Linux

Ghidra

Job description

Two Six Technologies is seeking a Principal Radio Frequency Engineer to join the Embedded Security Research team. You will lead DSP/SDR system design, reverse engineer RF protocols, and architect solutions for embedded security programs.

Ideal candidates have DoD Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility, 9+ years in DSP/SDR/RF reverse engineering, and hands-on Linux SDR experience with COTS platforms and RF test equipment. You will mentor engineers and contribute to proposals and white papers.