Senior RF Systems Engineer – Space & Sensing

Socket.dev

Woburn (MA)

On-site

USD 134,000 - 184,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

STR is seeking an experienced RF Engineer to join the Space Missions and Sensing (SMS) Sector near Boston, MA, to support design, development, integration, and test activities in a fast-paced R&D environment.

You will contribute to countersensing systems for radar, electronic warfare, and related applications, designing deployable RF hardware and collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to advance sensing capabilities. U.S. citizenship and Top Secret clearance are required.

Qualifications

BS in Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
5+ years of experience with RF components and subsystems.
Design experience in RF systems, subsystems, and/or component analysis (frequency planning, link-budget analysis, transceiver architectures).
Proficiency in MATLAB and/or Python and/or other higher-level languages.
Strong mathematical, troubleshooting, written, and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

Architect, design, implement, and test RF hardware systems as deployable prototypes; transition to low-volume products.
Quantify goals, performance objectives, requirements, metrics, dependencies, and risks.
Design, simulate, and test RF hardware systems with emphasis on integration, test, and verification.
Perform trade studies and analyses of proposed hardware architectures; validate with simulations and real-world tests.
Build bench-top tests, calibrate, and document system performance.
Collaborate with signal processing team on test concepts and execution methods.
Plan OTA system tests, evaluate hardware readiness, develop performance metrics, and write procedures and reports.
Review system effectiveness and identify opportunities to mature subsystems and capabilities.
Prepare design specifications, drawings, test plans, and reports.