Senior Cyber RF Hardware Engineer

The role

The Senior Cyber RF Hardware Engineer will design, analyze, and characterize hardware architectures to support software and hardware modeling. They will develop rapid prototype RF solutions and work in a laboratory environment to debug complex electronic systems.

What you will do

• Develop rapid prototype RF solutions using COTS and custom designs
• Work in a laboratory environment utilizing test equipment to characterize and debug complex electronic systems
• Prepare and execute test events for customers and stakeholders
• Lead efforts to develop lab-based acquisition and control platforms
• Serve as the hardware team representative on interdisciplinary efforts
• Participate in proposal efforts by providing input on technical path, BOM, cost, and schedule estimates

Required qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field with 5 years of related experience OR a MS and 3 years
• Proven expertise of electrical circuit design principles in at least one of the following areas: RF, analog, or digital
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Willingness to mentor junior engineering staff
• Experience preparing and presenting technical material to customers and internal staff
• Experience leading hardware efforts from concept to implementation managing cost and scheduling requirements

Nice to have

• Active Top Secret (TS) Security Clearance
• Strong RF design or implementation background with experience in system analysis and component characterization
• Experience with FPGA forward and reverse engineering processes and methodology
• Experience with RF electromagnetics theory, antenna modeling, and link budget analysis for OTA testing
• Experience integrating and working with software defined radios and RFSOC platforms
• Experience developing PCB-based designs and implementing FPGA and embedded software to support HWIL and surrogate designs
• Experience with Analog and RF circuit simulation and modeling tools (e.g., Spice, MATLAB/Simulink, Microwave Office)
• Experience in DSP or other signal processing skills
• Experience using and developing tools and test software for Linux (e.g., Red Hat, Ubuntu)
• Software development in support of RF systems testing with a variety of tools/packages in MATLAB, Python, or C++

About the company

STR is a growing technology company specializing in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security. They focus on cyber, next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, electronic warfare, and artificial intelligence algorithms.