CACI International

RF Hardware Engineer

CACI International$99K — $208K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI security clearance
  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • Experience with RF communication systems or radio hardware
  • Strong understanding of RF fundamentals and signal processing
  • Experience with analog/digital circuit design and PCB-level development
  • Familiarity with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, or embedded Linux
  • Experience with FPGA design using Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL
  • Hands-on experience with RF test equipment
  • Ability to troubleshoot hardware on multiple levels

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and integration of RF hardware for national security
  • Develop new communications capabilities using RF and embedded systems
  • Troubleshoot complex hardware issues effectively
  • Rapidly prototype innovative solutions for mission requirements
  • Collaborate across teams to enhance custom radio capabilities

Benefits

  • Comprehensive healthcare and wellness support
  • Robust financial and retirement options
  • Family support benefits
  • Opportunities for continuing education and professional development
  • Time off benefits for work-life balance
Full Job Description
Job Title: RF Hardware Engineer

Job Category: Engineering

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 25%

Type of Travel: Local

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The Opportunity:
As a Radio Systems / RF Hardware Engineer, you'll provide hands-on engineering expertise across the full radio development lifecycle, from architecture and component selection through circuit design, FPGA integration, board bring-up, and RF characterization. You'll develop and integrate RF front ends, digital processing hardware, and embedded components while using laboratory test equipment to evaluate and troubleshoot system performance. You'll collaborate with embedded software, FPGA, cybersecurity, and systems engineering personnel to develop and mature custom radio capabilities for sophisticated operational environments.

Responsibilities:
Lead the design, development, and integration of custom radio and RF hardware supporting critical national security missions. You'll work across RF, digital, FPGA, and embedded systems to develop new communications capabilities, troubleshoot complex hardware, and rapidly prototype solutions for advanced mission requirements

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Active TS/SCI security clearance.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.

  • Experience designing, developing, integrating, or troubleshooting RF communication systems or radio hardware.

  • Strong understanding of RF fundamentals, including signal chains, filtering, amplification, frequency conversion, impedance matching, noise, and link budgets.

  • Experience with analog/digital circuit design and PCB-level hardware development.

  • Familiarity with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, C/C++, or embedded Linux.

  • Experience developing or integrating FPGA-based systems using Verilog, SystemVerilog, or VHDL.

  • Experience integrating embedded processors, FPGAs, RF transceivers, ADCs/DACs, or similar devices.

  • Hands-on experience with RF and electronics test equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, VNAs, signal generators, and logic analyzers.

  • Ability to troubleshoot hardware at the component, board, and system levels.

Desired:

  • Experience designing a radio or RF transceiver from the board/component level, not solely integrating commercial radios.

  • Experience with software-defined radios, RF transceiver ICs, RF front ends, PLLs, mixers, LNAs, PAs, and filters

  • Experience implementing DSP functions in FPGA logic, including filtering, FFTs, modulation/demodulation, or digital up/down conversion.

  • Experience with RF/mixed-signal PCB design, controlled impedance, grounding, shielding, signal integrity, and EMI/EMC considerations.

  • Experience with RFSoC, SoC FPGA, high-speed ADC/DAC interfaces, or similar architectures.

  • Experience with communications, unmanned systems, electronic warfare, SIGINT, radar, or other RF-intensive defense applications.

  • Experience rapidly prototyping and debugging custom RF or embedded hardware

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What You Can Expect:

 A culture of integrity.

Pay Range:

There are a host of factors that can influence final salary including, but not limited to, geographic location, Federal Government contract labor categories and contract wage rates, relevant prior work experience, specific skills and competencies, education, and certifications. Our employees value the flexibility at CACI that allows them to balance quality work and their personal lives. We offer competitive compensation, benefits and learning and development opportunities. Our broad and competitive mix of benefits options is designed to support and protect employees and their families. At CACI, you will receive comprehensive benefits such as; healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, family support, continuing education, and time off benefits.

The proposed salary range for this position is:

$99,300 - 208,600 USD

About CACI International

CACI International Inc is a multinational professional services and information technology company. It provides services to many branches of the federal government including defense, homeland security, intelligence, and healthcare. CACI has approximately 23,000 employees worldwide. The company's mission is to provide enterprise and mission technology services and solutions that best fit the needs of its customers. CACI has been named a Fortune World's Most Admired Company, a Washington Post Top Workplace, and a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity.
Learn more about CACI International
Size
22,000 employees
Market Cap
$7.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$374.4 million
Founded
1962
5 Year Trend
+7.3%
Revenue
$5.8 billion
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