Senior RF Engineer

Integration Innovation, Inc.•Washington, DC

37d

About The Position

i3 has an exciting opportunity for a RF Engineer to support the Naval Research Laboratory, Tactical Electronic Warfare Division. The TEWD's mission is to protect the warfighter from emerging threats by advancing electronic warfare (EW) through RDT&E of current and future technologies. The RF Engineer will design RF subsystems for threat simulators, as well as serve as a subject matter expert (SME) during the analysis of seekers.

Requirements

BS or MS degree in electrical engineering, physics, or related field.
Atleast ten (10) years of experience.
Experience with RF subsystem design in radar systems.
Experience with radar waveforms such as Linear FM (LFM) chirps and BPSK.
Experience with RF antennas and beamforming networks.
Experience with digital signal processing in radar applications.
RF test and evaluation experience using industry-standard RF laboratory equipment.
Working knowledge of an EM simulation tool (HFSS, CST Studio, Sonnet, ADS, HSPICE, SI-Wave) and MATLAB.
Active SECRET clearance
Ability to maintain a TS/SCI clearance
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms.
The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
Regular i3 hours are 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday-Friday, however, additional hours may be required on occasion. Regular and punctual attendance is required.

Nice To Haves

Reverse engineering experience of RF subsystems.
Experience with RF missile seekers; guidance, navigation, and control systems; target detection; and seeker decision logic.

Responsibilities

Design, model, and verify RF and mixed signal subsystem in seekers for threat simulators.
Support verification efforts for RF, analog, and digital hardware designs.
Deriving and trading requirements with subsystem engineers and component designers.
Perform analysis of emerging RF seeker threats and report findings to stakeholders.