Jr. Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer

Description

Leidos is seeking a Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer to support our customer's research and development mission. This is a great opportunity for an early-career engineer to gain hands-on experience working on cutting-edge technologies, experimentation, and real-world applications in a collaborative environment.

In this role, you'll contribute to technical efforts across concept development, testing, analysis, and documentation while working alongside experienced engineers and researchers.

Work Environment:

This position operates in a hybrid environment, with work performed at customer sites in Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD and Adelphi, MD, as well as from a home office. Work location will vary depending on tasking and security requirements. Candidates should be within a commutable distance to both locations.

This role is open to candidates with a wide range of experience levels. The scope of the position and corresponding compensation will be aligned with the candidate's background and expertise.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support research, analysis, and engineering studies, and help document technical findings
• Help design and execute experiments involving RF signals and materials
• Participate as part of a multi-disciplinary team in demonstrations, experiments, and technical evaluations
• Document procedures, test methods, and best practices
• Support development, use and refinement of tools for signal generation, measurement, and analysis
• Analyze data, summarize results, and contribute to presentations for technical teams and customers
• Review technical research and assist in preparing summaries and recommendations
• Assist in developing and refining models to evaluate system performance and effects

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, RF Engineering, or a related field with 0-2+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with less than 2 years of experience. Additional experience may be considered in lieu of a degree
• Active DoD Secret clearance with the ability to obtain a TS/SCI
• Foundational knowledge of RF systems, electromagnetics, or related concepts
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office tools
• Ability to travel up to 10% within the continental U.S.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Academic or internship experience with RF, microwave systems, or signal analysis
• Exposure to modeling, simulation, or data analysis and minor software coding tools (e.g., MATLAB, Python, or similar)
• Familiarity with lab or test environments
• Interest in working in a research and development setting

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:

March 31, 2026

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.