Principal RF Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Principal RF Engineer to join our team at the Leidos Innovations Center. As a key member of our RF technology development team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and demonstrating new RF technologies that can be integrated into future DoD systems.

• RF Technology Development
  • Leverage expertise in RF metamaterials to analyze performance and size, weight, and power trades for disruptive RF payloads
  • Utilize modeling tools to project performance vs power consumption trades for disruptive RF systems
  • Collaborate with RF engineers to evaluate and mature RF technologies, and develop a pipeline to transition them to production and integration into deployable systems
• Technical Leadership
  • Contribute to developing a roadmap of novel RF technologies for future systems, and explore nascent concepts
  • Provide technical guidance and oversight to junior engineers and researchers
• Communication and Collaboration
  • Communicate technical results and recommendations to senior leadership and customers
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate RF technologies into larger systems

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, optics, or equivalent field with 12+ years of prior relevant experience or Master's degree in engineering, physics, optics, or equivalent field with 10+ years of prior relevant experience or Doctorate in technical domain above with 8+ years of prior relevant experience
• U.S. citizenship
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance
• Proficient in applied computational electromagnetics and antenna systems
• Expertise in RF device design using finite element-based design tools such as COMSOL, CST, or Lumerical
• Strong understanding of material electrical and mechanical properties
• Expertise in nascent RF device concepts such as metamaterials and time-varying systems
• Proficient in Windows
• Excellent communication skills and proven ability to work directly with customers and deliver results
• Mission-oriented with a strong ability to guide a team towards goals and deliver real-world products
• Proficient with technical writing, documentation, and organization
• Robust sense of initiative, a self-starter who can work independently

• Master's degree or Doctorate in engineering, physics, optics, or equivalent field
• Active Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance
• Experience in designing and testing electrically-small antenna systems
• Experience in building and validating RF device concepts in experimental prototypes
• Experience with integrated circuit layout, printed circuit board (PCB design), National Instruments SW such as LabVIEW, Multisim, PXI
• Programming experience, C/C++, Visual Basic. Aptitude and desire to perform programming for the purpose of data manipulation and processing
• Experience in proposal development and business development