Mission-Critical Wireless Network Engineer – Prototyping & Strategy

Jobtailor; Maryland; On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a systems engineer to advance next-generation wireless networking capabilities for mission-critical environments. You will lead concept development, prototype design, and translate customer needs into executable architectures and prototypes.

In this role, you will collaborate across research, planning, integration, and evaluation of high-speed transport technologies, perform network modeling and simulation, and mentor junior engineers while supporting rapid prototyping in

Qualifications

• Experience designing, integrating, and developing advanced wireless network capabilities.
• Knowledge of how applications, transports, and mission services interact in contested environments.
• Familiarity with military radio waveforms, transport, and mission-critical networking systems.

Responsibilities

• Support concept development, prototype design, and solutions ideation for next-generation network capabilities.
• Oversee research, design, planning, integration, and evaluation of advanced wireless and high-speed transport technologies.
• Translate customer needs and strategic objectives into architectures and prototype implementations of new solutions.
• Conduct in-depth assessments of customer requirements.
• Perform network modeling and simulation activities.
• Evaluate and optimize performance.
• Provide technical consulting to define solution requirements for mission applications.
• Mentor emerging engineers.

Skills

Wireless design

Agile & DevSecOps

Requirements analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering or STEM

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Simulation software

Networking simulators

Job description

Jobtailor seeks a systems engineer to advance next-generation wireless networking capabilities for mission-critical environments. You will lead concept development, prototype design, and translate customer needs into executable architectures and prototypes.

In this role, you will collaborate across research, planning, integration, and evaluation of high-speed transport technologies, perform network modeling and simulation, and mentor junior engineers while supporting rapid prototyping in