Expeditionary Engineer - Senior

Joint Research and Development, LLC • Riverside, MD

7d • $150,000 - $180,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

JRAD is seeking a Senior Expeditionary Engineer to support the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command. This is a telework position involving frequent travel and extended onsite support at ATEC Test Centers. The role designs, deploys, configures, and sustains expeditionary communications networks for test and evaluation missions in fixed, remote, and operational field environments. It also provides senior-level engineering guidance, technical documentation, troubleshooting, and coordination with government stakeholders and technical teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Telecommunications, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 8 years of relevant experience in network engineering, wireless communications, RF systems, or expeditionary communications engineering.
• Demonstrated experience designing, deploying, configuring, or supporting communications networks in operational, remote, or distributed environments.
• Experience supporting DoD, U.S. Army, federal government, or other mission-critical communications environments.
• CompTIA Security+ Continuing Education (CE), or an alternative qualification appropriate to the assigned DoD 8140 work role and proficiency level.
• Networking certification such as CCNA, CompTIA Network+, or an equivalent credential demonstrating networking competency.
• Strong understanding of RF fundamentals, including frequency planning, antenna selection, signal propagation, interference mitigation, and wireless coverage optimization.
• Experience engineering and troubleshooting wireless and wired network infrastructure.
• Working knowledge of TCP/IP networking, IP addressing, subnetting, VLANs, routing protocols, switching, and network security principles.
• Experience with RF testing, wireless site surveys, and network performance analysis.
• Ability to configure and troubleshoot routers, switches, wireless access points, and associated network equipment.
• Familiarity with network security controls, system hardening, and secure communications architectures.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings, network diagrams, equipment specifications, and implementation documentation.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to support technical operations in geographically dispersed field environments.
• Active Secret clearance.
• Ability to meet applicable government background investigation, installation access, cybersecurity, and personnel security requirements associated with assigned duties.

Responsibilities

• Design, engineer, deploy, configure, and sustain expeditionary communications networks for U.S. Army test and evaluation missions.
• Develop rapidly deployable network architectures using wireless, RF, wired Ethernet, and fiber-optic connectivity.
• Conduct RF site surveys, spectrum assessments, wireless coverage analysis, and interference evaluations.
• Configure, integrate, and troubleshoot network infrastructure, including routers, switches, wireless access points, antennas, and communications equipment.
• Engineer resilient and scalable communications solutions that support secure data transmission, redundancy, interoperability, and mission continuity.
• Lead installation, integration, testing, and validation of expeditionary network systems in accordance with technical specifications and cybersecurity requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex Layer 1–3 network and RF communications issues.
• Apply DoD cybersecurity requirements, security configuration baselines, and network hardening practices.
• Develop network diagrams, RF survey results, equipment configurations, test procedures, and engineering implementation plans.
• Coordinate with government stakeholders, network engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and field support teams on modernization and operational challenges.
• Provide senior-level technical guidance, engineering recommendations, and troubleshooting support to junior engineers and technicians.
• Support field deployment, equipment installation, acceptance testing, and recovery at geographically dispersed ATEC testing locations as required.

Benefits

• More paid time off than the average company upon hire
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts for unreimbursed medical and dependent day care
• Disability insurance
• 401K plan
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior