- Chantilly, Virginia, United States
- Full-time · Senior
- $144K–$251K per year
- 10+ years
The RF Systems Engineering Advisor leads the development, analysis, and validation of quantitative RF performance models for advanced wireless communication systems, translating system requirements into actionable engineering analyses.
Compensation
Min: $144,361.15 Max: $251,016.03
Responsibilities
- Develop comprehensive uplink and downlink RF link budgets for terrestrial, satellite, cellular, private wireless, tactical, and other wireless communications systems.
- Translate system-level requirements into quantitative RF performance models, assumptions, calculations, and engineering recommendations.
- Calculate, validate, document and maintain key link-budget parameters.
- Develop link budgets across varying frequency bands, modulation and coding schemes, bandwidths, antenna configurations, propagation environments, operating conditions, and deployment scenarios.
- Perform best-case, nominal, worst-case, and statistical link-budget analyses to assess system performance and risk.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering
- RF/Microwave Engineering
- Communications Engineering
- Systems Engineering
- related technical discipline