RF Systems Engineer - Spaceborne Communications

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory

Laurel (MD)

On-site

USD 85,000 - 165,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Job summary

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) seeks an RF Engineer to design, integrate, test, launch, and operate RF systems for spaceflight missions. You will work with a multidisciplinary team on antennas, software-defined radios, and high-speed digital designs, with opportunities to travel and pursue a government security clearance.

APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area, offering a vibrant environment and strong dedication to national security, space, and

Qualifications

Have a Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical and/or Computer Engineering, or equivalent.
Have a passion for RF or high speed digital design, signal processing, communications, and wireless systems.
Are willing and able to travel occasionally to sponsor and contractor sites.
Are able to obtain an interim top secret security clearance by the start date and ultimately obtain a final top secret clearance.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, integrate, and test flight RF hardware operating from HF through W-band, including software-defined radios, antennas, and solid-state power amplifiers.
Perform analysis of electromagnetic wave propagation and scattering effects.
Support a wide range of terrestrial and space-based communications, radio-navigation, radiometric, and remote sensing applications by developing novel, computationally efficient digital signal processing algorithms and environmentally robust hardware.
Partner with mission systems engineers to define RF requirements, design and develop RF subsystems and payloads, integrate them onto spacecraft, and support mission launch and operations.