RF Engineer

TechINT Solutions Group, LLC; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal days

Federal holidays

Medical insurance

401k plan

Job summary

TechINT Solutions Group, based in Huntsville, is seeking an RF engineer to perform signal and engineering analysis on devices threatening safety. You will support law enforcement investigations with advanced technical solutions and collaborate with partners worldwide.

The role requires a Top Secret clearance, US citizenship, and 5+ years of hands-on testing and analysis experience with lab equipment. Expect occasional international travel and on-site work at TEDAC TExU.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering (or related field) is required.
• U.S. Citizen and Top Secret clearance active is required.
• 5+ years of experience testing electronic/electrical devices with standard lab equipment.
• 5+ years of experience analyzing and troubleshooting at component level.

Responsibilities

• Perform RF signal analysis, device identification, and schematic reconstruction.
• Conduct electronic data recovery and digital forensic examinations on devices.
• Reverse engineer circuitry and characterize electrical and communication functions.
• Prepare technical reports, test plans, and design specifications.

Skills

RF engineering

Electronic testing

Digital forensics

Documentation

Client communication

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

IDA Pro

OllyDbg

Ghidra

Job description

Pioneers. Innovators. Professionals. TechINT Solutions Group (TechINT) is recognized for its knowledge and experience in providing innovative technology exploitation, operational intelligence, counter unmanned aerial systems and cyber security. TechINT Solutions Group has developed a unique analytical methodology to understand current and emerging technology that can be co-opted for nefarious purposes. Our innovative analytical methodology helps identify key variables indicative of illicit use or planned illicit use technologies.

TechINT is looking for a skilled individual to work on site at the Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Center (TEDAC) Technical Exploitation Unit (TExU). The successful applicant will perform electronic and trend analysis of IEDs and associated components to include device identification, radio frequency and signal characterization, electrical schematic reconstruction, electronic data recovery and possible trends in IED related matters. This will help capture critical information regarding the device’s functionality to provide detailed analysis reports to law enforcement organizations, military services, and international partners.

Job# 1663

Job Description

As an RF engineer, you understand the workings behind complex systems. That knowledge is key when it comes to providing signal and engineering analysis on devices that threaten the safety of both the warfighter and law enforcement personnel. We’re looking for an RF engineer who can use their skills to apply advanced technical solutions in support of law enforcement investigations.

Use your engineering skills to support a broad range of partners in law enforcement. Our team performs a wide range of technical examinations required to successfully exploit both commercial and custom electronic devices, including performing electronic data recovery and digital forensic examinations to identify and understand information of interest. In addition, you'll conduct reverse engineering and characterization of both the electrical function and communication characteristics of electronic circuits, while using complex instrumentation to test circuit function.

*NOTE: This position will have TDYs. They will typically last 1-2 weeks!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineeringor other applicable field.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must have TS clearance active to be considered
• 5+ years of experience testing electronic or electrical devices with standard lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, power supplies, RF signal generators, waveform generators, audio analyzers, DSP analyzers, and multimeters
• 5+ years of experience performing analysis, generating schematics, and troubleshooting electronic or electrical devices to the component level in various conditions
• Knowledge of electronic circuit design and PCB layout
• Knowledge of physical interfaces used for inter-IC communication, including I2C, SPI, LPC, or PCIE
• Ability to prepare written documents, including reports, test plans, design specifications, requirements documents, and training materials
• Ability to brief and present findings to clients, customers, and external partners, interact with client engineers, and respond to technical questions and requests from customers
• Ability to travel internationally up to 10% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Chain of Custody and evidence handling procedures in a forensic laboratory
• Experience imaging, extracting, and parsing data from electronic devices
• Experience with reverse engineering tools, including IDA Pro, OllyDbg, or Ghidra
• Knowledge of microcontroller architecture, including ARM or RISC-V, and assembly language programming
• Ability to program with Python, C, and C++ programming languages

Benefits

• TechINT Solutions Group recognizes the need to support the well-being of our team members which is why we offer 15 personal days plus 10 paid federal holidays per year which will grow over time.
• We offer above industry standard medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans along with a competitive 401k retirement plan to ensure we help support you, your family's well-being, and your retirement strategy as you grow with TechINT

PAY TRANSPARENCY NONDISCRIMINATION PROVISION

TechINT Solutions Group will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by TechINT Solution Group, or (c) consistent with TechINT Solutions Group’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

This is a non-management position
This is a full time position
Clearance Required: Top Secret
Work Experience: Mid level