Massachusetts Institute of Technology

RF Communications System Engineer/Analyst-Associate Staff

Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • M.S. or B.S. degree with 5+ years in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field
  • Experience in RF system analysis, development, and testing
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to prioritize and work effectively in a team
  • Excellent problem-solving abilities
  • Preferred: Expertise in communication theory or digital signal processing for adaptive RF systems
  • Preferred: Experience with prototype or experimental communications systems

Responsibilities

  • Perform system analysis including link budgets and jamming performance modeling
  • Contribute to RF subsystem design and testing
  • Engage in firmware/software development and testing
  • Participate in system-level integration and testing
  • Collaborate with team members to achieve project goals

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
  • MIT-funded pension
  • Matching 401K
  • Paid leave including vacation, sick, parental, and military
  • Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
  • Mentorship programs
  • Work-life balance options
  • Additional voluntary benefits, discounts, and perks
Full Job Description
The Strategic and Long-Range Communications Group is seeking creative and enthusiastic candidates to perform analysis and contribute to the prototyping of advanced RF communications systems. Example daily activities could include system analysis (e.g., link budgets, detection and jamming performance modeling) and/or elements of RF system design depending on the candidate's skillset (e.g., RF subsystem design and test, firmware/software development and test, system-level integration and test).

Minimum Qualifications

  • M.S. or B.S. degree with 5 plus years of experience in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related field
  • Experience with analyzing, developing, and testing elements of an RF system
    (e.g., RF subsystem design and test, firmware/software development and test, system-level integration and test)
  • Highly effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to work effectively in a team and set priorities
  • Strong problem-solving skills


Preferred Qualifications

  • Expertise in communication theory and/or digital signal processing approaches as applied to adaptive RF systems
  • Previous experience in developing or integrating prototype or experimental communications systems (software-defined radios, antennas, field measurements, etc.)


Recent Graduate Hiring Range: $116,400-$140,000
Experienced Hiring Range: $116,400-$182,200

Disclaimer: MIT Lincoln Laboratory provides a typical hiring range as a good faith estimate of what we reasonably expect to offer for this position at the time of posting. The final salary offered to a selected candidate will depend on various factors, including-but not limited to-the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's experience, skills and education/training, internal equity considerations and applicable legal requirements. This range reflects base salary only and does not include additional forms of compensation or benefits.

At MIT Lincoln Laboratory, our exceptional career opportunities include many outstanding benefits to help you stay healthy, feel supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work-life balance. Benefits offered to employees include:

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
  • MIT-funded pension
  • Matching 401K
  • Paid leave (including vacation, sick, parental, military, etc.)
  • Tuition reimbursement and continuing education programs
  • Mentorship programs
  • A range of work-life balance options
  • ... and much more!

Please visit our Benefits page for more information. As an employee of MIT, you can also take advantage of other voluntary benefits, discounts and perks.

Selected candidate will be subject to a pre-employment background investigation and must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret level DoD security clearance.

Requisition ID: 43420

About Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU) and is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". The university is known for its strong emphasis on scientific and technological research and its engineering programs. MIT was founded in 1861 and has a long history of innovation and entrepreneurship. The university has produced numerous Nobel laureates, Rhodes Scholars, and MacArthur Fellows.
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