Remote-Eligible RF Field Scientist (60/30 Rotations)

National Strategic Research Institute; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance (Employer-paid)

Voluntary Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability

403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer3

Job summary

The National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska seeks a RF Field Scientist to support overseas deployments for DoW/USG sponsors. The role involves deploying with a Field Team Lead to install, operate, troubleshoot, and recover specialized sensing systems at designated overseas locations.

This position requires 60-day deployments overseas followed by 30 days at home, with potential locations across Indo-Pacific, Europe, Africa, and other strategic areas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Technology, Physics, or closely related discipline.
• Minimum of 3 years experience supporting RF/Electrical Eng projects.
• Experience installing, operating, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing complex electronic or mechanical systems.
• Experience with sensor systems, RF equipment, electronics instrumentation, or related systems.

Responsibilities

• Deploy as a member of a two-person overseas field team.
• Serve as primary technical authority for installation, configuration, operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and recovery of sensing systems.
• Perform field integration, calibration, testing, diagnostics, and preventive maintenance.
• Verify system performance and conduct operational acceptance testing post deployment.

Skills

RF/Electrical Engineering

Field deployment

Technical troubleshooting

Reading schematics

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Spectrum analyzers

Instrumentation

Job description

The National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska seeks a RF Field Scientist to support overseas deployments for DoW/USG sponsors. The role involves deploying with a Field Team Lead to install, operate, troubleshoot, and recover specialized sensing systems at designated overseas locations.

This position requires 60-day deployments overseas followed by 30 days at home, with potential locations across Indo-Pacific, Europe, Africa, and other strategic areas.