Senior RF Systems Engineer – Defense Communications

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 191,000 - 254,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, seeks an experienced Communications Architect for the Air Defense team to design and test C2 networks and select RF solutions for UAVs and ground systems. You will lead integration of radios, antennas and datalinks across platforms, collaborating with avionics, vehicles and mission success teams.

Requires a MS or higher in EE, 10+ years in high-reliability communications, and readiness to travel up to 25% with ability to obtain a U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering; Master’s preferred.
• 10+ years in comms architecture/design for high reliability and fault tolerance.
• RF circuit design knowledge: noise figure, freq synthesis, modulation, AGC, matching, PAs, filtering.
• Experience in RF propagation, link budgets and digital comms.
• Hands-on radios integration on vehicles or platforms.
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC and MIL-STD-461/464.
• Proficiency with RF test equipment and test automation.
• Willing to travel ~25%.
• Ability to obtain/maintain U.S. Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, integrate and test comms networks across platforms with a focus on C2 systems.
• Design, configure, simulate and evaluate wireless networking equipment and datalinks.
• Architect waveforms to connect autonomous and human-operated systems.
• Lead electrical integration of comms with avionics modules and payloads into UAVs and weapons systems.
• Support other teams with understanding of wireless networks and system impacts.
• Represent comms subsystems in vehicle-level trade-off studies to optimize designs.

Skills

RF design and analysis

EMI/EMC

Test automation

RF test equipment

Vehicle/platform integration

Strong collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s preferred

Tools

VNA

Spectrum analyzer

Oscilloscope

Signal generator

Job description

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, seeks an experienced Communications Architect for the Air Defense team to design and test C2 networks and select RF solutions for UAVs and ground systems. You will lead integration of radios, antennas and datalinks across platforms, collaborating with avionics, vehicles and mission success teams.

Requires a MS or higher in EE, 10+ years in high-reliability communications, and readiness to travel up to 25% with ability to obtain a U.S.