Senior RF Systems Engineer: Performance & Reliability

RTX; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Flexible work schedules

Employee assistance program

Employee Scholar Program

Parental leave

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

RTX is seeking an experienced RF systems engineer to serve as a technical authority for RF system performance in Alexandria, VA. You will support operational RF collection systems, monitor health, and coordinate with operators and engineers to maintain reliable capabilities.

You will troubleshoot signal chains, develop test procedures, maintain documentation, and drive root-cause analysis. The role requires presenting to senior leadership and contributing to system readiness and improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM preferred) and a minimum of 10 years of prior engineering experience or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in RF, communications, signals, electronic systems, or RF systems engineering
• Experience troubleshooting complex RF systems and signal chains.
• Experience with RF fundamentals including gain/loss, noise figure, dynamic range, sensitivity, and interference.
• Experience analyzing RF system performance and diagnosing faults using engineering data and test measurements.
• Experience developing, tailoring and delivering technical presentations for engineering, operations, customer and contractor teams.
• Experience in presentations with senior leadership customer and contractor teams on complex issues.
• An active and transferable TS/SCI with CI Poly U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for the required security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical authority for RF system performance and work closely with operators and factory systems engineers to maintain reliable collection capabilities.
• Provide day-to-day engineering support for operational RF collection systems and associated subsystems.
• Monitor and assess RF system health, performance, availability and operational readiness.
• Troubleshoot RF signal-chain, antenna, receiver, timing, power, and system integration issues and coordinate with development experts and anomaly resolution teams to resolve complex technical problems.
• Support integration, configuration and maintenance activities for RF collection capabilities by evaluating changes for potential impacts to RF performance.
• Develop and execute system-level test procedures to validate system performance following configuration changes.
• Maintain system documentation, configuration histories, troubleshooting procedures and technical baselines.
• Support root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive action efforts for recurring system issues.
• Participate in technical reviews, system readiness assessments, test events and operational support activities.
• Regularly provide technical inputs, analysis, presentations, training and decision recommendations on RF system performance to keep customer and contractor leadership appraised of activities, deliverables, problems and opportunities.

Skills

RF systems engineering

RF troubleshooting

RF fundamentals

Signal-chain analysis

Technical presentations

Security clearance

Citizenship

Education

Bachelor’s degree in STEM

Job description

RTX is seeking an experienced RF systems engineer to serve as a technical authority for RF system performance in Alexandria, VA. You will support operational RF collection systems, monitor health, and coordinate with operators and engineers to maintain reliable capabilities.

You will troubleshoot signal chains, develop test procedures, maintain documentation, and drive root-cause analysis. The role requires presenting to senior leadership and contributing to system readiness and improvements.