Senior RF Communications Engineer
Atlanta, GA (Hybrid)
Posted 4 days ago
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Job Summary
Own hands-on RF systems development across SDR, radar, secure communications, and electronic warfare from design through field deployment, collaborating with DoD customers and a small, highly technical team.
- Focus on design, integration, HWIL testing, and field demonstrations.
- Work on RF, EW, SDR, radar, and secure communications challenges.
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Join a mission-focused engineering team developing next-generation RF communications and Electronic Warfare capabilities for national defense. 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.
- Contribute directly to the development of advanced RF technologies that support critical defense missions. 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.
- Electronic Warfare capabilities and applications, with opportunities to support Electronic Attack, Electronic Support, Electronic Protection, and countermeasure development.
- Software Defined Radio solutions, including software, embedded processing, and integration with firmware-based radio platforms and secure embedded communications systems.
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.
Preferred
- 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.
Benefits
- Hybrid 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off
- 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
- Hybrid | Huntsville, AL | Full-Time | 9/80 Schedule
- Relocation assistance
- S igning bonus
- Company equity
- Salaries: $140,000-$1 7 5,000 base salary
Secmation is an innovative, high-tech defense company focused on securing the mission edge. We unite AI-enabled RF/cyber analysis, high-assurance embedded security, and digital-engineering workflows so security is built in—not bolted on. As a rapidly growing U.S. small business with teams in Raleigh, NC and Huntsville, AL, we help programs uncover blended cyber/EW risk, harden platforms, and move from model to mission faster.We’re engineers first and partners always—bringing practical tooling, clear evidence, and repeatable processes that fit how defense programs actually build, test, and field capability. Our work is shaped by real DoD applications, delivered with a bias for speed and rigor, and grounded in a culture that values curiosity, craftsmanship, and impact.We are a rapidly growing company looking to expand our team by hiring talented and proven individuals who are active team leaders with a growth mindset, who will have a real, direct impact on our business' success and are excited to contribute to the development of advanced technology in these exciting fields.
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- Sep 2022Grant • $59.2K
- Aug 2021Grant • $1.5M
- Mar 2021Grant • $1M

