RF SDR Engineer for Naval Telemetry & Testing

Command Post Technologies, Inc; Dahlgren (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great health benefits

401k with generous company matching

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible hours

Work/Life balance

Paid Time Off

Parental Leave

Job summary

Command Post Technologies, Inc. seeks a mid-level RF Electrical Engineer specializing in Software Defined Radios (SDR) to support the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Hypersonic Weapons & Guided Munitions Division (E20) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Dahlgren, Virginia.

The role leads testing, experiment development, and data acquisition, interfacing with multiple external groups to identify problems and craft final solutions, including presenting test reviews and technical briefs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Physics, or related field.
• Minimum of four (4) years of RF engineering experience.
• Active Secret security clearance.
• Experience with RF test equipment (spectrum analyzers, signal generators, VNAs, oscilloscopes, power meters).
• Experience integrating or developing SDR platform applications (Python/C/C++, MATLAB).
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and technical writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and test RF communication systems using SDR platforms.
• Support telemetry, command and control, instrumentation, and wireless architectures for advanced weapon systems.
• Conduct RF performance analysis, link budget development, spectrum analysis, and signal characterization.
• Develop and execute lab, range, and field tests for SDR-based systems and RF hardware.
• Configure and program SDR platforms using tools like GNU Radio, MATLAB, Python, C++, or vendor environments.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, software developers, test engineers, and government leads.

Skills

RF engineering

Test & validation

Statistical analysis

Data acquisition

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

GNU Radio

MATLAB

Python

C++

Vendor-specific development environments

Job description

Command Post Technologies, Inc. seeks a mid-level RF Electrical Engineer specializing in Software Defined Radios (SDR) to support the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Hypersonic Weapons & Guided Munitions Division (E20) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Dahlgren, Virginia.

The role leads testing, experiment development, and data acquisition, interfacing with multiple external groups to identify problems and craft final solutions, including presenting test reviews and technical briefs.