Senior RF Engineer – Defense SDR, EW & Field Deployments

Secmation; Huntsville (AL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Signing bonus

Equity

Relocation assistance

Hybrid 9/80 schedule

Paid time off

Comprehensive medical, dental, and视ion

Job summary

Secmation is seeking an experienced Senior RF Communications Engineer in Huntsville, AL. The role focuses on hands-on design, implementation, and testing of advanced RF and EW systems, across SDR, radar, and secure communications.

You will work closely with DoD customers and a tight-knit engineering team to deliver field-ready capabilities from development through demonstration. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in RF and related domains, experience with SDR frameworks (GNU Radio, REDHAWK,

Qualifications

• U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Security Clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in RF systems, communications engineering, SDR, radar, Electronic Warfare, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, analyzing, or validating military or defense-related RF communications systems.
• Experience with SDR frameworks and platforms such as GNU Radio, REDHAWK, USRP/UHD, Epiq, or comparable technologies.
• Experience using MATLAB, Python, or comparable tools for RF modeling, simulation, algorithm development, or data analysis.
• Experience with C/C++ for embedded or systems-level applications.
• Experience supporting system integration, HWIL testing, mission simulation, field testing, validation, or customer demonstrations.
• Experience with one or more of: tactical communications, SATCOM, resilient networking, radar, RF sensing, or Electronic Warfare systems.
• Familiarity with waveform performance analysis, adaptive tuning, optimization, error correction, or related signal-processing techniques.
• Ability to independently execute complex technical tasks while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Strong technical communication skills, including the ability to document and present findings to internal teams, program leadership, and government stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Contribute directly to the development of advanced RF technologies that support critical defense missions.
• Design, implement, modeling, integration, HWIL testing, field demonstration, validation, and operational deployment.
• Collaborate with RF, software, hardware, cybersecurity, and systems engineers across the program.
• Engage in hands-on, individual-contributor work focused on design, implementation, and verification.

Skills

RF systems

Software defined radio

Electronic Warfare

Radar

MATLAB

Python

C/C++

System integration

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

GNU Radio

REDHAWK

USRP/UHD

Epiq

Embedded firmware platforms

Job description

Secmation is seeking an experienced Senior RF Communications Engineer in Huntsville, AL. The role focuses on hands-on design, implementation, and testing of advanced RF and EW systems, across SDR, radar, and secure communications.

You will work closely with DoD customers and a tight-knit engineering team to deliver field-ready capabilities from development through demonstration. Ideal candidates have 8+ years in RF and related domains, experience with SDR frameworks (GNU Radio, REDHAWK,