Principal RF Engineer with Security Clearance

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Job description

R- Description Unleash Your Potential! The Leidos Innovations Center currently has an opening for a Principal Radio Frequency (RF) Engineer to work in our San Diego, CA office. This is an exciting opportunity to develop disruptive RF technologies that could be integrated into future DoD systems. If this sounds like an environment where you can thrive, keep reading! As a Principal RF Engineer, you will directly support a rapidly growing sector within the Division by designing, developing, and demonstrating new RF technologies that could enable enhanced performance in compact form factors that enable fundamentally new Defense capabilities. Your greatest work is ahead! Your responsibilities would initially be working with current RF engineers to understand performance trades, investigation into new material approaches such as reconfigurable RF metamaterials, and building new insights and capabilities in integration of such technologies into future systems. Additional responsibilities may include serving as a Principal Investigator (PI) on Contract R&D efforts with the Government, working on novel concepts through internal R&D (IRAD) effort, and may include the opportunity to serve as a supervisor. This position can be based out of San Diego, CA or Arlington, VA. Occasional telework opportunities may be available. Primary Responsibilities Leverage expertise in RF metamaterials to analyze trades in performance and size, weight, and power 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
Contribute to developing a roadmap of novel RF technologies for future systems, and explore nascent concepts Basic Qualifications Bachelors 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.
Must have be a U.S. citizen
Must have the 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 Preferred Qualifications Master's degree or Doctorate in engineering, physics, optics, or equivalent field is preferred.
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 development4 LInC Original Posting Date: 2024-09-12
While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. Pay Range: Pay Range $122,200.00 - $220,900.00 The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

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