RF Engineer: TS/SCI, Advanced RF & FPGA Systems

Bts, Llc; Maryland; On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

BTS Software Solutions seeks an RF Engineer to provide intelligence support at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Lead design, development, and integration of custom radio and RF hardware across RF, digital, FPGA, and embedded systems for critical national security missions.

You will collaborate with embedded software, FPGA, cybersecurity, and systems engineering teams to mature capabilities for complex operating environments, performing RF characterization and hands-on hardware troublehooting.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Experience designing, developing, integrating, or troubleshooting RF communication systems or radio hardware.
• Strong understanding of RF fundamentals, including signal chains, filtering, amplification, frequency conversion, impedance matching, noise, and link budgets.
• Experience with analog/digital circuit design and PCB-level hardware development.
• Familiarity with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, or embedded Linux.
• Experience developing or integrating FPGA-based systems using Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.
• Experience integrating embedded processors, FPGAs, RF transceivers, ADCs/DACs, or similar devices.
• Hands‑on experience with RF and electronics test equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, signal generators, and logic analyzers.
• Ability to troubleshoot hardware at the component, board, and system levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and integration of custom radio and RF hardware for national security missions.
• Collaborate across RF, digital, FPGA, and embedded teams for hardware solutions.
• Develop RF front ends, digital processing hardware, and embedded components; perform RF characterization.

Skills

RF fundamentals

System troubleshooting

Embedded hardware design

FPGA experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or related

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

C/C++

Embedded Linux

Verilog/SystemVerilog/VHDL

PCB design

RF test equipment

Job description

BTS Software Solutions seeks an RF Engineer to provide intelligence support at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Lead design, development, and integration of custom radio and RF hardware across RF, digital, FPGA, and embedded systems for critical national security missions.

You will collaborate with embedded software, FPGA, cybersecurity, and systems engineering teams to mature capabilities for complex operating environments, performing RF characterization and hands-on hardware troublehooting.