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Senior RF Seeker Engineer

Astrion
Columbia, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 6/4/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 7/19/2026
Overview

Senior RF Seeker Engineer

Location: Columbia, Maryland

Job Status: Full Time

Clearance: Secret

Salary: $150,000-$170,000

SEG supports the US Navy and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) by performing trade studies, design prototyping, and analysis of radars, EO/IR sensors, RF seeker systems, electronic warfare systems, and weapon systems. For this position, we are seeking a Senior RF Seeker engineer to support the development of a digital representation of the RF seeker for inclusion in deliverable simulations to our government customers and end-users. The ideal candidate has RF seeker systems engineering experience including RF seeker physical design, signal processing design and analyses, seeker testing, and an active TS clearance. The position is based in Columbia, MD but may require on-site support at customer locations.

Required Qualifications / Skills

  • US citizenship.
  • U.S. Department of Defense issued Secret clearance.
  • Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in a technical discipline such as Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics.
  • Ten (10) years of relevant experience in the design or analysis of RF sensor systems, seekers, or electronic warfare systems.
  • Fundamental knowledge of RF signal processing techniques and concepts, including RF apertures, radar waveforms, electromagnetic wave propagation.
  • Proficiency in MATLAB for modeling, simulation, and data analysis.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to learn rapidly and work independently and on a team.
  • Ability to guide a small team in technical project lead capacity.

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

  • Active Top-Secret clearance
  • Experience designing, implementing RF seeker algorithms within various fidelity (up to 6 DoF) missile simulations.
  • Experience performing RF system modeling, performance prediction, and data analysis
  • Understanding of RF seeker hardware, antenna design, or real-world RF data analysis.
  • Experience with digital signal processing and/or digital beam forming
  • Familiarity with electronic attack and protection techniques
  • Experience with verification and validation (V&V) processes for modeling and simulation
  • Strong MATLAB, Python, and C skills

Responsibilities

  • Understanding customer requirements, supporting a team of engineers and software developers to design and develop simulation solutions, and demonstrating that capability to our government customers and other critical stakeholders.
  • Identifying and evaluating critical design points, such as sensor type, antenna design, and power requirements, and relating these to physical design of the seeker.
  • Designing and documenting the RF sensor concept of operations, including the modes of operation and their corresponding timelines, the operating frequencies, pulse repetition frequencies, scan pattern, and waveform selection.
  • Implementing the signal processing algorithms, including detection, track, clutter mitigation, and electronic protection.
  • Work on unusually complex technical problems and provides solutions which are highly innovative.
  • Determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.
  • Lead a small cross functional team as a technical project lead.

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Salary : $150,000 - $170,000

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