RF Analyst - Senior

Title: RF Analyst – Senior

K 's National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. In this position, your work will have a profound impact on the country's most critical role – protecting our national security.

This is a contingent position based upon contract award, performed full-time on site at a government facility.

• Lead technical assessments of RF-DE vulnerabilities for mission-critical systems and platforms; prioritize work across multiple efforts.
• Develop and refine RF threat models and vulnerability analysis methodologies (e.g., coupling pathways, susceptibility thresholds, system-level impacts).
• Provide expert guidance on protective measures and mitigation strategies (shielding/grounding, filtering, architectural changes, operational constraints).
• Oversee planning and execution of complex RF exposure test campaigns; ensure measurement integrity, configuration control, and safety compliance.
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and program management teams to integrate RF protection requirements into system design and sustainment.
• Prepare and deliver technical reports, risk assessments, and executive-level briefings, articulate trade-offs, confidence, and residual risk.
• Support verification of mitigations through follow-on testing and/or analysis; document lessons learned and update best practices.
• Mentor junior engineers and analysts in RF vulnerability analysis techniques; perform quality assurance reviews of products.
• Ensure compliance with organizational standards and applicable regulatory frameworks related to spectrum, RF safety, and mission assurance.

• Education & Experience:
  • Master's degree and 11 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise or
  • Bachelor's degree and 12 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise or
  • No degree and 14 years of relevant experience with demonstrated expertise.
• Extensive experience in RF vulnerability analysis, electromagnetic effects, RF systems engineering, or directed energy threat assessment.
• Proven ability to develop and apply vulnerability models and risk mitigation strategies for complex systems.
• In-depth knowledge of EMI/EMC, RF coupling mechanisms, measurement approaches, and system-level integration considerations.
• Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) clearance with adjudicated polygraph.

• Prior experience supporting national security or aerospace programs involving RF threat environments, EW, or RF-DE effects assessments.
• Advanced knowledge of hardening approaches, protective design, and verification methods for electromagnetic effects resilience.
• Familiarity with relevant test and compliance standards and guidance (e.g., MIL-STD-461, MIL-STD-464, HIRF guidance, and RF safety practices as applicable).

K  may offer bonuses, commissions, or other forms of compensation to certain job titles or levels, per internal policy or contractual designation. Additional compensation may be in the form of sign-on bonus, relocation benefits, short-term incentives, long-term incentives, or discretionary payments for exceptional performance.

K  is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.