RF Electrical Engineer (Software Defined Radio)

Command Post Technologies, Inc.•Dahlgren, VA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Command Post Technologies (CPT) is seeking a highly motivated RF Electrical Engineer specializing in Software Defined Radios (SDR) to support the U.S. Navy's Advanced Hypersonic Weapons & Guided Munitions Division (E20) at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division in Dahlgren, Virginia. The Mid-level RF Engineer serves as a scientist/engineer who is expected to develop technology through experiments and statistical analysis of target vulnerabilities. The successful candidate will lead testing, experiment development, and data acquisition. The position will interface with technical personnel from various external groups and organizations to identify problems, suggest changes, and develop and document final solutions for systems. The position will also be responsible for presenting test reviews and technical briefs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or related technical discipline.
Minimum of four (4) years of professional experience in RF engineering, wireless communications, software-defined radios, or related fields.
Active Secret security clearance.
Experience with RF test equipment such as spectrum analyzers, signal generators, vector network analyzers, oscilloscopes, and power meters.
Experience integrating, configuring, or developing applications for software-defined radio platforms.
Experience with scripting or programming languages such as Python, C/C++, MATLAB, or similar.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and technical writing skills.
Ability to work effectively in a collaborative government-contractor environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting U.S. Navy or Department of Defense weapons, missile, telemetry, or test range programs.
Ability to design RF receiver chains to condition signals specifically for Software-defined radio (SDR) reception and processing using antennas, amplifiers, transmission lines, filters, and downconverters
Familiarity with scattering parameter measurement of RF subsystems using network analysis
Ability to conduct RF impedance matching utilizing Smith chart applications
Understanding of antenna technologies, feed methods, and impact of physical installation on antenna performance
Understanding of RF propagation to conduct link budget calculations
Familiarity with RF modeling and simulation

Responsibilities

Design, develop, integrate, and test RF communication systems utilizing commercial and custom software-defined radio platforms.
Support the development and evaluation of telemetry, command and control, instrumentation, and wireless communication architectures for advanced weapon systems.
Conduct RF performance analysis, link budget development, spectrum analysis, and signal characterization.
Develop and execute laboratory, range, and field testing activities for SDR-based systems and RF hardware.
Configure and program SDR platforms using tools such as GNU Radio, MATLAB, Python, C++, or vendor-specific development environments.
Support the integration of RF hardware, antennas, amplifiers, filters, and associated digital signal processing components.
Analyze and troubleshoot RF system performance issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.
Develop technical documentation including test plans, engineering reports, interface control documents, and design analyses.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams including systems engineers, software developers, test engineers, and government technical leads.
Support technology assessments and prototyping efforts involving emerging RF and communications technologies.