Secret-Cleared RF Engineer

PGS Worldwide • Chelmsford, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

PGS Worldwide is seeking Secret-cleared RF Engineers in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, for a one-year onsite contract-to-hire role supporting a leading aerospace and defense company. The role provides hands-on RF engineering and production support for complex, high-reliability electronic modules, including hardware testing, troubleshooting, integration, and failure investigation.

Selected candidates train for six weeks on Monday through Thursday, 6:00 AM–4:30 PM. After training, the available permanent schedules are second shift, Monday through Thursday, 4:00 PM–2:30 AM, or weekend shift, Thursday through Sunday, 7:00 AM–5:30 PM. Pay is $97.12 per hour.

The company encourages military veterans and transitioning military members to apply and notes that it is a Veteran Founded company supporting aerospace programs nationwide.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or another STEM discipline.
• Five or more years of relevant engineering experience.
• Active U.S. Government Secret clearance required to start.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Experience troubleshooting hardware designs and resolving integration issues in a production or manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on electronics hardware experience.
• Experience using RF/microwave test equipment.
• Experience using microwave simulation tools.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex RF hardware and production issues.
• Strong communication and technical presentation skills.
• Ability to work one of the required off-shift schedules after completion of training.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical field.
• Defense electronics experience.
• Experience with RF subsystems, including antennas, transmitters, receivers, microwave components, low-noise amplifiers, high-power amplifiers, mixers, switches, and frequency-generation/conversion circuits.
• Microelectronics assembly experience.
• Experience reading schematics, specifications, and test data.
• RF design experience.
• Experience leading hardware failure investigations.
• Experience supporting manufacturing engineers, industrial engineers, and production personnel.

Responsibilities

• Support production of complex multi-function RF modules.
• Perform hands-on RF hardware testing and troubleshooting.
• Resolve design, integration, and production issues.
• Use RF/microwave test equipment and simulation tools to evaluate hardware performance.
• Investigate hardware failures and support corrective actions.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, circuit-design, manufacturing, and test engineers.
• Support products throughout development, integration, production, and test.
• Communicate technical findings and recommendations to engineering and manufacturing teams.

What This Job Offers

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