Scientific Adventures for Girls is hiring: Radio Frequency Engineer in Fort Mead

Overview

Radio Frequency Engineer role at Scientific Adventures for Girls. The position involves board-level hardware and software design to include designing RF components, developing design plans, creating drawings and schematics, researching parts or equipment, analyzing and troubleshooting problems, developing test procedures for specification compliance, testing hardware at the system, subsystem, and component levels, and establishing and maintaining documentation of technical processes and procedures related to the design, development, testing, and verification of customized products. Locations: Annapolis Junction / Ft. Meade.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates engineering materials including detecting deviations and recommending solutions.
• Designs RF module-based systems, test plans for RF relay systems, and the RF portion of specialized RF/digital board-level solutions.
• Shares design requirements and restrictions of RF systems and related propagation with other design engineers during collaboration efforts.
• RF and analog circuit designs implementing low-noise phase-locked-loop circuits and synthesizers, wideband automatic gain control (AGC) circuits, RF switching and control circuits, filters, low-noise high-efficiency power supplies, modulators, demodulators, RF power detection, frequency conversion, adaptive threshold, and low-distortion driver amplifiers.
• Design, simulation, integration, and sustainment of Software Design Radio (SDR) systems including modem signal processing components, command-and-control / tasking systems, front-end components, documentation, and prototype software deployment systems.
• Circuit designs implementing microwave filters, oscillators, synthesizers, switches, and the cost/performance tradeoffs associated with these circuits.
• Circuit designs implementing transmitters or receivers or amplifiers or software defined radios (SDRs) or Monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) components including antenna design/characterization while using VSWR to understand antenna performance.
• Miniaturized, low-power receiver designs ranging in frequencies from High Frequency (HF) to C-Band.
• Circuit designs using commercially available technologies for microwave filters, oscillators, synthesizers, and switches.
• RF link budget and RF system analysis and cost estimate development for prototype and production efforts.
• EMI requirements development and incorporation which includes filtering and shielding in the design to ensure performance.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in electrical, electronic, or computer engineering; systems engineering; physics; mathematics; telecommunications; or computer science

Level 1 Qualifications

• Five (5) years of experience in Radio Frequency (RF), microwave, analog or SDR design

Level 2 Qualifications

• Seven (7) years of experience in Radio Frequency (RF), microwave, analog or SDR design

Level 3 Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of experience in Radio Frequency (RF), microwave, analog or SDR design

Pay Information

The final salary may be influenced by various factors, such as location, labor categories, experience, education, and/or certifications. CTC also provides a variety of benefits as well as opportunities for continuous education and development.

The estimated salary range for this position is $165,000 - $200,000.

EEO / Benefits

CTC Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, physical disability, genetic information, mental disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner status, gender (including sex stereotyping), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related) or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.