Senior RF Hardware Integration Engineer — Onsite Alexandria

Socket.dev; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401k with company match

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Wellness programs

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is seeking a Senior Hardware Integration Engineer to join the Dragonfly hardware team. This hands-on role supports integration, production, testing, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of RF and electronic warfare hardware on the production floor.

You will work with engineers, technicians, and Lab Manager to build reliable hardware, create SOPs, and drive design-for-manufacturing improvements for scalable production.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in hardware/electrical engineering or related field.
• Hands-on experience integrating, producing, testing, and troubleshooting complex electronic systems.
• Experience with production or manufacturing teams in lab, factory, or hardware development.
• Strong understanding of electronics, wiring, PCBs and hardware integration.
• Experience using electrical test equipment (oscilloscopes, meters, analyzers).
• Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams and mechanical drawings.
• Experience developing SOPs, work instructions and test procedures.
• Proven root-cause analysis and structured problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on engineering support to Dragonfly production line: integration, bring-up, testing and rework.
• Diagnose hardware issues with production technicians and implement corrective actions.
• Support Lab Manager with daily lab, production, hardware integration and test activities.
• Develop and maintain SOPs, test procedures, inspection criteria and docs.
• Establish repeatable processes for building, testing, troubleshooting, and inspecting hardware.
• Document issues, test results, configuration changes and production improvements.
• Identify opportunities to improve production efficiency, quality, reliability and repeatability.
• Support hardware builds, prototyping transitions and production readiness.

Skills

Hardware integration

Electrical engineering

Manufacturing engineering

Root-cause analysis

Schematics interpretation

Production troubleshooting

Cross-functional teamwork

Onsite hands-on work

Communication skills

Security clearance readiness

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Power supplies

Spectrum analyzers

Electrical test equipment

3D printers

Laser engravers

Job description

Research Innovations, Inc. (RII) is seeking a Senior Hardware Integration Engineer to join the Dragonfly hardware team. This hands-on role supports integration, production, testing, troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of RF and electronic warfare hardware on the production floor.

You will work with engineers, technicians, and Lab Manager to build reliable hardware, create SOPs, and drive design-for-manufacturing improvements for scalable production.