RF Engineer - DoD Spectrum & Secure Comms

Corvus Consulting, LLC; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Corvus Consulting, LLC is seeking an RF Engineer in Arlington, VA to support a DoD CIO Persistent Spectrum Monitoring mission. This full-time position focuses on designing, analyzing, monitoring, and optimizing RF systems for secure, interference-free communications across DoD environments.

It requires an active DoD Secret clearance and on-site work in Arlington. The ideal candidate will design RF architectures, perform modeling and simulations, ensure regulatory compliance, and collaborate with

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering with a minimum of 2 years of RF engineering experience; or
• Graduate of a DoD Inter-service Radio Frequency Management School (or DoD equivalent) with a minimum of 5 years RF or spectrum management experience
• Active DoD Secret security clearance required

Responsibilities

• Provide RF engineering support for persistent spectrum monitoring systems
• Design, evaluate, and optimize RF architectures, antennas, receivers, and RF signal paths
• Analyze frequency usage, RF propagation, interference, and system performance
• Support DoD CIO stakeholders and mission partners
• Perform RF modeling, simulation, and signal analysis; recommend mitigation strategies
• Ensure RF systems comply with DoD, host nation, and international spectrum regulations
• Prepare engineering reports, technical documentation, system diagrams, and test plans
• Collaborate with government, coalition, and technical engineering teams
• Serve as a subject matter expert for RF engineering tools, principles, and measurement equipment

Skills

RF engineering

Spectrum management

RF modeling

Education

Bachelors in Electrical Engineering

DoD RF management/School

Tools

RF modeling tools

RF test equipment

Job description

Corvus Consulting, LLC is seeking an RF Engineer in Arlington, VA to support a DoD CIO Persistent Spectrum Monitoring mission. This full-time position focuses on designing, analyzing, monitoring, and optimizing RF systems for secure, interference-free communications across DoD environments.

It requires an active DoD Secret clearance and on-site work in Arlington. The ideal candidate will design RF architectures, perform modeling and simulations, ensure regulatory compliance, and collaborate with