Entry Level- RF Systems Engineer (Onsite- Aberdeen, Maryland)

Fairwinds Technologies, L•Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD

5d•$75,000 - $85,000•Onsite

About The Position

Fairwinds Technologies is seeking curious, organized, and hands-on early-career engineers to help turn advanced communications and RF concepts into integrated, testable, and supportable systems. In this role, you may support either the xG or Mixed Signal product development team, or technical-services contracts aligned with those product areas. You will work alongside experienced systems, RF, network, DSP, FPGA, embedded software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, cybersecurity, and test engineers. The role provides exposure to the full engineering lifecycle, including stakeholder needs, requirements, architecture, interfaces, integration, verification, validation, configuration, documentation, demonstrations, and field support.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a closely related technical field, completed or expected before start date.
Coursework, laboratory, internship, capstone, research, or personal-project experience involving multidisciplinary system design, integration, testing, requirements, modeling, or technical documentation.
Foundational understanding of the engineering lifecycle, including requirements, design, integration, verification, validation, and configuration control.
Ability to organize complex technical information, identify interfaces and dependencies, and convert discussions into clear diagrams, requirements, plans, or action items.
Basic ability to analyze test data, investigate discrepancies, communicate assumptions, and document conclusions.
Ability to collaborate across multiple engineering disciplines and communicate effectively with technical and non-technical teammates.
Ability to satisfy customer, site-access, export-control, and security requirements associated with assigned work.

Nice To Haves

Exposure to requirements-management, model-based systems engineering, SysML, UML, architecture modeling, or digital-engineering tools.
Familiarity with interface-control documents, verification cross-reference matrices, trade studies, risk registers, configuration management, or technical reviews.
Coursework or project experience in wireless communications, RF systems, 5G or LTE, non-terrestrial networks, software-defined radio, satellite communications, embedded systems, or computer networks.
Experience using MATLAB, Python, Linux, Git, diagramming tools, issue trackers, test-management tools, or data-analysis and automation workflows.
Awareness of systems-engineering guidance such as the V-model, requirements traceability, verification methods, reliability concepts, human factors, cybersecurity, or environmental qualification.
Hands-on experience integrating or troubleshooting hardware, software, networks, radios, sensors, test equipment, or electromechanical systems.

Responsibilities

Help capture, clarify, decompose, organize, and maintain system, subsystem, interface, performance, and verification requirements.
Support development of system concepts, functional architectures, physical architectures, interface definitions, operational workflows, and engineering trade studies.
Maintain traceability among customer needs, requirements, design decisions, interfaces, test methods, results, risks, and deliverables.
Create and update system diagrams, block diagrams, interface-control information, use cases, verification matrices, test plans, procedures, and technical reports.
Coordinate technical information across RF, networking, DSP, FPGA, embedded software, electrical, mechanical, manufacturing, cybersecurity, and test disciplines.
Support integration of radios, modems, processors, networks, RF subsystems, antennas, embedded platforms, software, test equipment, and mechanical assemblies.
Assist with verification and validation planning, requirement-based testing, acceptance criteria, data review, discrepancy tracking, and closure evidence.
Participate in laboratory and field integration, customer demonstrations, design reviews, test-readiness reviews, troubleshooting, and root-cause investigations.
Help manage technical risks, assumptions, dependencies, open decisions, action items, configuration baselines, and engineering changes.
Prepare clear engineering documentation and concise technical briefings for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.