RF Systems Engineer (Entry‑Level) — Systems Architect

Socket.dev; Maryland; On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairwinds Technologies in Maryland is seeking an entry-level Systems Engineer to contribute to xG and Mixed Signal product development, supporting RF, DSP, FPGA, embedded software, and network teams. You will help capture requirements, create diagrams, verify interfaces, and assist with verification planning, field support, and technical documentation.

This full-time role provides hands-on exposure across the engineering lifecycle and opportunities to grow with a multidisciplinary team,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related technical field, completed or expected before start date.
• Coursework, laboratory, internship, capstone, research, or personal-project experience involving multidisciplinary system design, integration, testing, requirements, modeling, or technical documentation.
• Foundational understanding of the engineering lifecycle, including requirements, design, integration, verification, validation, and configuration control.
• Ability to organize complex technical information, identify interfaces and dependencies, and convert discussions into clear diagrams, requirements, plans, or action items.
• Basic ability to analyze test data, investigate discrepancies, communicate assumptions, and document conclusions.
• Ability to collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical teammates.
• Ability to satisfy customer, site-access, export-control, and security requirements associated with assigned work.

Responsibilities

• Help capture, clarify, decompose, organize, and maintain system, subsystem, interface, performance, and verification requirements.
• Support development of system concepts, functional architectures, physical architectures, interface definitions, operational workflows, and engineering trade studies.
• Maintain traceability among customer needs, requirements, design decisions, interfaces, test methods, results, risks, and deliverables.
• Create and update system diagrams, block diagrams, interface-control information, use cases, verification matrices, test plans, procedures, and technical reports.
• Coordinate technical information across RF, networking, DSP, FPGA, embedded software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, cybersecurity, and test disciplines.
• Support integration of radios, modems, processors, networks, RF subsystems, antennas, embedded platforms, software, test equipment, and mechanical assemblies.
• Assist with verification and validation planning, requirement-based testing, acceptance criteria, data review, discrepancy tracking, and closure evidence.
• Participate in laboratory and field integration, customer demonstrations, design reviews, test-readiness reviews, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations.
• Help manage technical risks, assumptions, dependencies, open decisions, action items, configuration baselines, and engineering changes.
• Prepare clear engineering documentation and concise technical briefings for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Mechanical Engineering / Computer Science / Aerospace Engineering or closely related field

Job description

Fairwinds Technologies in Maryland is seeking an entry-level Systems Engineer to contribute to xG and Mixed Signal product development, supporting RF, DSP, FPGA, embedded software, and network teams. You will help capture requirements, create diagrams, verify interfaces, and assist with verification planning, field support, and technical documentation.

This full-time role provides hands-on exposure across the engineering lifecycle and opportunities to grow with a multidisciplinary team,