Radio Frequency Lab Engineer

Radio Frequency Lab Engineer

The Opportunity:

Do you enjoy a hands-on approach to solving technical challenges in a team environment, while closely working with stakeholders to produce operationally relevant solutions? This is the role of our Radio Frequency (RF) Lab Engineer working to support the customer each day. From development of quick-turn prototypes to demonstrations of soon-to-be fielded capabilities designed to protect their operations at home and abroad.

Booz Allen operates an RF Systems laboratory supporting the development, integration, testing, and operation of HF, VHF, UHF, and 800 MHz land mobile radio, VHF and UHF air-to-ground, tactical combat net and data link radio systems, commercial and military SATCOM, 5G cellular networks, and is equipped with a full suite of calibrated test equipment. Laboratory work on RF systems includes operational and compliance testing, comparative analysis, equipment configuration and staging, moving lab equipment on and off shelves for daily use, positioning of lab equipment to reorganize work spaces, and the development of new systems and technologies utilizing Software Defined Radio, electronic control systems and software, antennas and transmission lines, and other types of electronic components.

You may be tasked to participate in field operations including RF spectrum and interference monitoring, direction finding, equipment installation and optimization, acceptance testing, and RF coverage measurement. The RF Lab Engineer provides technical support to a variety of Federal agencies to include the Department of War. Support development of functional prototypes, help refine requirements through the development process, integrate best practices to ensure quality of delivery, and prepare reports, presentations, and briefing materials to share technical progress.

As an RF Lab Engineer, you will also be responsible for ensuring the centralized lab resource remains in working order to the required quality standards, maintain equipment calibration, support logistics to load, unload, ship, and transport equipment where it is needed.

Work with us as we deliver advanced mission-critical spectrum technology. Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:1+ years of experience with mission critical electronics, radio communications, or radar systems

Experience building prototype level hardware and software systems

Experience developing scripts in Linux for system control

Experience with circuit board design and layout

Knowledge of AC and DC power systems and integration with solar power generation

Ability to solder to a prototype level

Ability to move or position lab equipment up to 50 lbs Secret clearance

Associate's degree

Nice If You Have:

Experience specifying components such as directional couplers, attenuators, and RF termination loads for assembling conducted RF distribution systems

Experience in MATLAB, Python, or programming languages suitable to augment or enhance COTS RF simulation capabilities

Experience conducting functional field demonstrations or measurements

Experience working with Software Defined Radios including familiarity with GNU radio

Experience utilizing tools such as Keysight Pathwave for RF system and circuit design and analysis and developing functional prototypes involving RF systems

Experience with Pathwave, MATLAB, Vivado, and other tools for development of software defined radio systems, waveforms, signals, and related work including FPGA implementation of RF signal processing systems.

Knowledge of RF protocols, propagation models, and Wireless communications systems

Ability to perform measurements with vector spectrum analyzers, oscilloscopes, vector network analyzers, and power meter

Ability to specify components in sub-systems such as the RF chain and compute cores

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Physics, Science, Technology, or Mathematics Clearance:

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

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