RF Wireless Engineering Technical Specialist (RF)

Location: Chantilly, Virginia, United States; onsite with no remote or telework allowed

Salary: $144,361.15–$251,016.03 annually

Company

hirify.global delivers engineering and technology solutions supporting national security and federal government missions.

What you will do

• Develop comprehensive uplink and downlink RF link budgets for terrestrial, satellite, cellular, private wireless, tactical, and other wireless communication systems.
• Translate system requirements into quantitative RF performance models, assumptions, calculations, and engineering recommendations.
• Calculate, validate, document, and maintain link-budget parameters across frequency bands, modulation and coding schemes, bandwidths, antenna configurations, propagation environments, and deployment scenarios.
• Perform best-case, nominal, worst-case, and statistical analyses to assess system performance, risk, availability, and reliability.
• Identify link-budget sensitivities and establish engineering margins based on mission and service-level requirements.
• Conduct trade studies involving transmit power, antenna gain, receiver performance, bandwidth, coding and modulation, frequency selection, topology, and deployment configuration while collaborating across RF, antenna, systems, network, hardware, software, and field engineering teams.

Requirements

• Must possess and be able to maintain a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, RF/Microwave Engineering, Communications Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10–12 years of experience with a BS, 8–10 years with an MS, or 5–7 years with a PhD.
• Significant experience in RF systems engineering, wireless communications, link-budget development, propagation analysis, or related disciplines, including development and interpretation of uplink and downlink RF link budgets.
• Strong understanding of RF fundamentals, including antenna performance, propagation, receiver sensitivity, noise analysis, interference, modulation, coding, and digital communications performance metrics.
• Experience analyzing C/N, C/(I+N), Eb/N₀, link margin, noise figure, system noise temperature, EIRP, and G/T.
• Ability to perform engineering trade studies and make technically sound, data-driven recommendations.
• Strong analytical, written, verbal, and cross-functional communication skills.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, RF/Microwave Engineering, Communications Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience with terrestrial, satellite, cellular, private wireless, tactical, or mission-critical communications systems.
• Experience using RF modeling, propagation, simulation, and network-planning tools.
• Familiarity with wireless standards, spectrum management, regulatory constraints, and RF test and measurement methods.
• Experience supporting field trials, system integration, verification, validation, or operational performance optimization.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular full-time employment supporting federal government and national security missions.
• Benefits may include health insurance, life insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, short- and long-term disability, retirement and savings plans, learning and development opportunities, wellness programs, and optional benefit elections.
• Compensation may vary based on contract wage determination, experience, skills, geographic location, education, certifications, and federal contract labor categories.