Senior RF Communications Engineer

This isn't another defense contractor job. Join a mission-focused engineering team developing next-generation RF communications and Electronic Warfare capabilities for national defense.

About the role

Work hands-on across SDR, radar, resilient networking, secure communications, and RF sensing technologies while contributing directly to systems from design through integration, testing, and field demonstration.

• Spend your time building, integrating, and testing advanced RF systems.
• Contribute to system development from early design through field deployment.
• Work directly with experienced engineers, DoD customers, and mission users.
• Solve challenging RF, Electronic Warfare, SDR, radar, and secure communications problems.
• Collaborate with a small, highly technical team where every engineer has real impact.
• Build technology designed to transition into operational use.

Responsibilities

This is a highly hands-on individual-contributor role focused on design, implementation, modeling, integration, HWIL testing, field demonstration, validation, and operational deployment. The position does not carry technical team-lead responsibilities.

• Work across Electronic Warfare capabilities and applications, with opportunities to support Electronic Attack, Electronic Support, Electronic Protection, and countermeasure development.
• Develop Software Defined Radio solutions, including software, embedded processing, and integration with firmware-based radio platforms and secure embedded communications systems.
• Contribute to tactical RF communications, SATCOM, resilient networking, radar, and RF sensing technologies.
• Support AI-enabled RF analysis, mission systems, and adaptive signal-processing capabilities as part of the broader program environment.
• Develop RF algorithms, communications-system modeling, mission simulation, and scenario development using MATLAB, Python, or comparable tools.
• Perform system integration, hardware-in-the-loop testing, field testing, validation, and live customer demonstrations.
• Collaborate closely with RF, software, hardware, cybersecurity, and systems engineers across the program.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Security Clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in RF systems, communications engineering, SDR, radar, Electronic Warfare, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, analyzing, or validating military or defense-related RF communications systems.
• Experience with SDR frameworks and platforms such as GNU Radio, REDHAWK, USRP/UHD, Epiq, or comparable technologies.
• Experience using MATLAB, Python, or comparable tools for RF modeling, simulation, algorithm development, or data analysis.
• Experience with C/C++ for embedded or systems-level applications.
• Experience supporting system integration, HWIL testing, mission simulation, field testing, validation, or customer demonstrations.
• Experience with one or more of the following: tactical communications, SATCOM, resilient networking, radar, RF sensing, or Electronic Warfare systems.
• Familiarity with waveform performance analysis, adaptive tuning, optimization, error correction, or related signal-processing techniques.
• Ability to independently execute complex technical tasks while collaborating effectively within a multidisciplinary engineering team.
• Strong technical communication skills, including the ability to document and present findings to internal teams, program leadership, and government stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Electronic Attack, Electronic Support, Electronic Protection, or countermeasure development.
• Experience integrating software with firmware-based SDR or embedded radio platforms.
• Experience supporting defense or government programs through field testing or operational deployment.
• Exposure to AI-enabled RF analysis or adaptive mission systems.

Pay

• $140,000-$175,000 base salary
• Signing bonus
• Company equity
• Relocation assistance

Benefits

• Paid time off and flexible work schedules
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and short- and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement benefits with company contribution

Schedule

• Hybrid | Huntsville, AL | Full-Time
• 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off

Work Environment

• Hybrid role with on-site work required in Huntsville, Alabama.
• Flexible 9/80 work schedule supporting every other Friday off.
• Collaborative, fast-paced, and technically innovative environment with distributed team integration.

About Secmation

Secmation develops AI-enabled software, embedded cybersecurity, secure RF systems, and advanced communications technologies for the U.S. defense community. Our mission is to deliver next-generation secure technologies for Electronic Warfare, autonomous systems, and critical defense applications. Small Company. Big Mission. Real Engineering.