Senior RF Systems Engineer

1 week ago


Maryland City, Maryland, United States Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior RF Systems Engineer to join our team at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL). As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and analyzing advanced RF systems for various applications.

Key Responsibilities
  • Model and analyze RF seekers and systems for advanced weapons, including air-breathing and boost-glide hypersonic weapons.
  • Collaborate with a diverse team of engineers and scientists to innovate and drive system performance forward.
  • Apply RF domain expertise to the modeling, simulation, design, and analysis of RF systems in other domains.
  • Use existing or develop new analytical tools and software to predict and analyze the performance of seeker designs.
  • Research, investigate, and experiment with new seeker technologies to identify creative approaches to meeting difficult RF systems and seekers requirements.
  • Assist group leadership with defining and implementing a growth and training plan for the RF systems and seeker section.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, physics, or a related field.
  • 15+ years of combined RF systems engineering experience.
  • Excellent knowledge in radar physics, including RF apertures, radar waveforms, electromagnetic wave propagation, radar signal processing, RCS modeling, automatic target recognition, target tracking, and missile decision logic theory.
  • Experience modeling RF hardware systems in operational environments.
  • Excellent MatLab skills.
  • Experience with developing integrated missile avionics designs, including RF seekers, trackers, and guidance, navigation, and control systems.
  • Active Secret security clearance and ability to obtain a TS/SCI level clearance.
Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's or Ph.D. in a related technical field.
  • Experience writing and implementing RF seeker algorithms within six degree of freedom missile simulations.
  • RF hardware design and antenna/radiator modeling experience.
  • RF test and measurement experience.
  • Experience with RF design and layout tools.
  • Additional coding skills.
  • Top Secret Security clearance.
About APL

APL is a world-class organization that brings expertise to the nation's most challenging defense, security, space, and science challenges. We offer a wide range of challenging and impactful work, a robust education assistance program, and a culture of life-long learning. Our employees enjoy generous benefits and a healthy work-life balance. APL's campus is located in the Baltimore-Washington metro area.



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