RF Systems Engineer

Location: McLean, VA, El Segundo, CA

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

RF Systems Engineer

The Opportunity:

Are you looking for an opportunity to combine your technical skills with big picture thinking to make an impact on national security? You understand your customer’s environment and how to develop the right systems for their mission. Your ability to translate real-world needs into technical specifications makes you an integral part of delivering a customer-focused engineering solution.

 

As a leader in RF systems engineering, we’re looking for you to solve complex challenges and shape RF collection, geolocation, and EW systems by providing technical leadership for our RF product development team. Your customer will trust you to not only design and develop these systems, but also evolve them with advanced technology solutions. Share your expertise through leadership and mentoring, while broadening your skillset into areas like quantum sensing and unmanned systems.

 

What You’ll Work On:

• Develop and maintain system-level requirements for RF collection systems, geolocation systems, digital radio frequency memory, and special communications systems, ensuring traceability from mission concept of operations through subsystem specifications.
• Conduct trade studies and analyses to evaluate design alternatives, performance margins, and technical feasibility.
• Perform advanced RF design modeling using electromagnetic (EM) and RF simulation tools to optimize performance, signal integrity, and link budgets.
• Lead concept development, system architecture, and detailed design of integrated RF systems, connecting custom hardware modules with software-defined radio (SDR) and digital signal processing (DSP) layers.
• Drive the integration, testing, and debugging of RF systems across various hardware, firmware, and operating systems.
• Author a test plan, and lead system validation and verification of the system requirements.
• Serve as the primary technical interface for multidisciplinary teams and government clients, providing strategic mentorship to junior engineers.
• Support risk identification, mitigation planning, and technical performance measurement (TPM) tracking throughout the program lifecycle.

 

Join us. The world can’t wait.

 

You Have: 

• 8+ years of experience in RF engineering and systems engineering focused on the design, development, integration, and testing of custom or COTS-based RF hardware and software systems
• Experience with advanced RF simulation platforms such as Ansys STK, HFSS, FEKO, or MATLAB, link budget and link analysis, RF HW designs, and DSP algorithms
• Experience leading Preliminary Design Reviews (PDRs) and Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), test readiness reviews, and final acceptance test reviews
• Experience performing trade studies or analysis of alternatives
• Experience creating marketing whitepapers, proposal technical volume materials, and project technical reports
• Knowledge of engineering documentation processes, including creating systems requirements documents and test plans
• Ability to present technical solutions clearly to stakeholders
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

 

Nice If You Have: 

• Experience with Modular Open Systems Architecture (MOSA) principles, SDRs, and open standards such as SOSA and VITA
• Possession of strong collaborative skills
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or Systems Engineering

 

Clearance: 

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $99,000.00 to $225,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.